MOCKINGBIRD in a Sentence

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1. You will no doubt learn that the mockingbird has the prettiest song of any bird native to North America.
2. The mockingbird, which nested in the tangle of roses and honeysuckle, roused from slumber and gave one timid, liquid note.
3. The parrot and the mockingbird were the property of Madame Lebrun, and they had the right to make all the noise they wished.

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 Meanings and Examples of MOCKINGBIRD
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mockingbird
 n.  long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
Classic Sentence:
1  The mockingbird, which nested in the tangle of roses and honeysuckle, roused from slumber and gave one timid, liquid note.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
2  The parrot and the mockingbird were the property of Madame Lebrun, and they had the right to make all the noise they wished.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In I
3  The mockingbirds and the jays, engaged in their old feud for possession of the magnolia tree beneath her window, were bickering, the jays strident, acrimonious, the mockers sweet voiced and plaintive.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
4  When the night was still, it was too still--as though the tree frogs, katydids and sleepy mockingbirds were too frightened to raise their voices in the usual summer-night chorus.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
Example Sentence:
1  You will no doubt learn that the mockingbird has the prettiest song of any bird native to North America.