How to Use mockingbird in a Sentence
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Aside from the dead mockingbird and the stories of the Navy, we’re left to fill in the gaps of Lucky’s life.
—Christian Lorentzen, New Republic, 29 Sep. 2017
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The healthy fledglings were removed and left on the lawn so that mockingbirds seen in the area could care for them.
—Washington Post, 30 May 2017
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Since 1927, the northern mockingbird has been classified as the state bird.
—Sylvia Gurinsky, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2021
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The more tunes the mockingbird can work into his serenade, the better.
—Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2019
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The short, river-hugging trail leads you beneath tall oaks; birds to be seen include towhee and mockingbird.
—Peter Fish, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2018
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Over half of the mockingbird's songs are mimicry, and the species boasts an impressive repertoire comprised of hundreds of types of phrases.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Wired, 23 July 2021
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Atticus Finch famously once said that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.
—Vulture, 29 July 2022
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And Northern mockingbirds are accomplished singers in their own right.
—Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 22 June 2017
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After nearly a century on its lofty perch, the northern mockingbird may be singing its last melodies as the state bird of Florida.
—Curt Anderson, ajc, 5 Nov. 2021
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On a spring morning in her home near Nashville, Amanda Shires is competing with a mockingbird.
—Thor Christensen, Dallas News, 30 June 2023
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Northern mockingbirds have started singing in earnest, along with Eastern towhees.
—Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 16 Feb. 2018
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To date, Creager’s rescues have included a cardinal, a wren, a towhee and a mockingbird.
—Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 23 Sep. 2020
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Curiously, the weavers won’t aggressively take to the air and flock to scare away their enemies, as crows or mockingbirds do.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2014
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The mockingbird can sing up to 200 different tunes and mimic artificial sounds like car alarms.
—Curt Anderson, ajc, 5 Nov. 2021
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The mockingbird triggers my impulse to respond with a standing ovation.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 9 June 2023
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This spring, baby birds (starting with starlings and sparrows and then songbirds such as robins, blue jays, cardinals and mockingbirds) will hatch.
—Kitson Jazynka, chicagotribune.com, 25 Apr. 2018
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To ensure berries, plant male and female plants in proximity; the fruit feeds robins, bluebirds and mockingbirds well into winter.
—Bart Ziegler, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2017
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For instance, a mockingbird may begin by mimicking the call of a Northern flicker or a Carolina wren, and then take it up a few notes for a non-mimetic version of that call.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Wired, 23 July 2021
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Responding to a report, an officer removed two mockingbirds that were trapped in a window well.
—Washington Post, 30 May 2017
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One reason is that the northern mockingbird is the state bird of several other states, and legislators want a bird that’s uniquely of Florida.
—Sylvia Gurinsky, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2021
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The mid to large versions of pomegranate are popular nesting sites for cardinals and mockingbirds.
—Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2023
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The illustrious tradition of keeping pets in the White House dates back to Thomas Jefferson, who kept a mockingbird and a couple of bear cubs during his presidency.
—Betsy Klein, CNN, 21 Oct. 2017
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The scientists also reversed the scenario, dropping host eggs from wrens, mockingbirds, and blackbirds onto cowbird eggs.
—Erica Tennenhouse, Science | AAAS, 8 May 2018
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Alberto Lau launched a more scientific effort to quiet the mockingbird.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2021
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The students pointed out that Florida is the only state that does not have an official state bird, even though many people incorrectly believe the mockingbird has that designation.
—Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2023
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The space is done up like a contemporary country kitchen, more upmarket than down-home, with white wainscoting, curtains striped like mattress ticking and the mockingbird logo branded on each polished plywood table.
—Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2017
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Though Thomas Jefferson preferred mockingbirds to canines, the posh Jefferson hotel, themed after America’s third president, caters to the latter.
—Paul Rubio, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2019
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Encounter northern mockingbirds, indigo buntings, and yellow-rumped warblers at Pickering Creek Audubon Center (pickeringcreek.audubon.org/), a 400-acre sanctuary of trails teeming with coastal wildlife habitats.
—Stephanie Citron, baltimoresun.com, 8 May 2018
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An effort is taking flight to replace the far-ranging musical mockingbird with a bird that is more identifiable as distinctly Floridian.
—Curt Anderson, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Nov. 2021
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In fact, pokeweed is an important food source for myriad songbirds, including cardinals, catbirds and mockingbirds.
—Dave Taft, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2017
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