How to Use parakeet in a Sentence

parakeet

noun
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  • The woman was in a camper with a dog and a couple of parakeets.
    — Law Enforcement, The Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2017
  • Then there was just the cool jungle, the chatter of parakeets and macaws, and the rhythmic sound of the ocean.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Like the parakeets, the dioramas are too easy a metaphor.
    — Leslie Kendall Dye, Longreads, 23 June 2018
  • For a first-time bird owner, a parakeet may be a good choice.
    — Traci Howerton, NOLA.com, 30 Sep. 2020
  • On warm days, dine on the patio in front of the enormous tree that’s home to dozens of noisy parakeets.
    — New York Times, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The parakeet’s neck was broken and the bunny had been strangled.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
  • The parakeets are fluttering about in their tiny aviary.
    — Gordon Dickson, star-telegram, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The kids named the parakeet duo Little Yellow and Little Blue.
    — Cassandra Jaramillo, Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2021
  • There has been so much seed on the beech trees the birds just keep on breeding with some parakeet pairs onto their fifth clutch of eggs.
    — Amy Gunia, Time, 20 July 2019
  • The missing parakeet was found only a couple of miles from Nathan’s home.
    — Tribune News Service, al, 2 Jan. 2022
  • Or that one of the most successful urban birds in the 21st century is the parakeet?
    — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2011
  • Employee said their parakeet had the flu and needed to be taken care of.
    — Abby, Houston Chronicle, 19 Feb. 2018
  • The family lost a pet bearded dragon lizard and a half-dozen parakeets.
    — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Aug. 2017
  • Beach crafts include sand art, parakeet slime and sugar scrubs.
    — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 15 May 2023
  • This isn't the same as buying separate foods for your dog, cat, goldfish and parakeet.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 27 May 2017
  • In the wild, ghost bats favor the flesh of the native budgerigar, an endearing parakeet that many households keep as a pet.
    — Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2020
  • A resident found a green-and-yellow parakeet in the yard and attempted to find its owner.
    — Washington Post, 3 May 2017
  • Mary said that Hilton had left much of his estate to her husband, including his parakeet.
    — Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024
  • In their small room, a pair of gregarious sun parakeets flutters freely around the room, while a more timid parakeet couple stays close to the cage.
    — Amir Khafagy, Curbed, 6 June 2022
  • In their small room, a pair of gregarious sun parakeets flutters freely around the room, while a more timid parakeet couple stays close to the cage.
    — Amir Khafagy, Curbed, 6 June 2022
  • Why did this locale support robins and butternuts rather than, say, parakeets and pecan trees?
    — Longreads, 13 July 2017
  • Firefighters also rescued a parakeet that belongs to one of the residents of the home.
    — Joseph Geha, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2019
  • The recent college grad bought an orange Chevrolet Aveo in January, learned to drive stick shift and took in a parakeet named Breezy.
    — Keith Bierygolick, The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The apartment itself has simple rooms with high ceilings, while in the foyer there is a yellow parakeet in a matching cage.
    — NBC News, 27 May 2018
  • It wasn’t made clear what specific means officials would use to target the parakeets.
    — Fox News, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The flora creates safe shelters for the island’s fauna (which is sometimes just as vibrant), such as the bright green rose-ringed parakeet.
    — Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2022
  • But four of the family’s parakeets were killed, while nine others and a cockatoo survived.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Meet live animals such as a red-foot tortoise, a monk parakeet, a Mandarin duck, a Chilean rose-haired tarantula and more.
    — Courant Community, 27 June 2017
  • Chung graduated from medical school in 1916 and was known to wear a dark suit and carry a parakeet around in a cage dangling from her wrist.
    — Jillian Eugenios, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Every year on the first of June, her mother, brothers, sisters, the nanny, the parakeet, and the dog got in the station wagon, drove several hours to the beach, and stayed all summer.
    — Mimi Read, House Beautiful, 9 May 2016

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