Sentence examples for myna bird from inspiring English sources

Tells about his pet myna bird, brought to him by a servant, which eventually escaped.

George wasn't talking so loud, but the lady on the other end of the line sounded like a myna bird in extremis.

The dog is affectionate but doesn't say very much, so she bought a myna bird recently, in the hope that she could teach it to make up the difference with a few cheery words during the long evening.

By G. Allen and Geoffrey T. Hellman The New Yorker, June 20 , 1953P. 18 Incidental Intelligence: The myna bird that used to be in Lord & Taylor's Birdcage Restaurant has been banished for giving wolf whistles at lady lunchers.

Among the "appalling" suggestions were No. 68, "A myna bird trained to say 'You're wonderful, Fred,' or 'Joe,' or 'Pierpont,' " and No. 17, "A portable pepper mill in its own case".

As for the myna bird, it was a good example of the way his list would differ from the list in Harper's Bazaar: My list would include useful gifts, like a matched, color-coördinated, full-fashioned set of pre-written thank-you letters.

There were also Rothschild's myna birds and a lively puma.

The New Yorker, January 28 , 1950 P. 19Talk story abouttalking myna birds at the Westinghouse company's display at the National Retail Dry Goods Association convention.

By Spencer Klaw and Brendan Gill The New Yorker, January 28 , 1950 P. 19Talk story abouttalking myna birds at the Westinghouse company's display at the National Retail Dry Goods Association convention.

More generally, if animalism is correct, then our fundamental nature is indistinguishable from that of blue whales, myna birds, bonobo chimpanzees, and ring-tailed lemurs.

Common Myna birds (Acridotheres tristis) roost in the branches of the tree at sunset, causing a cacophony of bird cries as the evening approaches.