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Recent Examples of sir
That’s good, sir, because your boy is freaking out.
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Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2025
No need to seize the Capitol or talk of harming anyone this time around, no sir.
—Barry Scott Zellen, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2025
How dare you, sir — but she is once again reminded of how lovely the Bridgerton family is.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
Saying ‘ma’am’ and ‘sir’ also makes assumptions about someone’s gender.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 18 July 2024
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Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2025
No need to seize the Capitol or talk of harming anyone this time around, no sir.
—Barry Scott Zellen, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2025
How dare you, sir — but she is once again reminded of how lovely the Bridgerton family is.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
Saying ‘ma’am’ and ‘sir’ also makes assumptions about someone’s gender.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 18 July 2024
See All Example Sentences for sir
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sir
Noun
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This often uses evaporative cooling towers – giant misters that spray water over hot pipes or open basins.—
Leo S. Lo,
The Conversation,
1 Sep. 2025
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The rooftop has plenty of cushioned seating under misters, several bars and a hookah menu with more flavors than a Baskin-Robbins.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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After giving a peek at her family, Eilish ran with a handheld camcorder linked to the big screen, showing her polo-wearing band and the soundboard masters stationed below the risers.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Oct. 2025
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Completed in the mid-1950s by master builder Joe Pawling for wealthy Illinois philanthropists and socialites George and Marcia Barrett, Holden occupied the digs from 1966 to 1977.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Edouard Langlois, a formidable dark-bearded gentleman, was the artistic director of the local Edwin Booth Theatre.—
Robert Eggers,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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Golf has been a gentleman’s sport.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As a young lad growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area town of Pittsburg, my school uniform consisted of corduroys the color of Ash Wednesday, a white dress shirt and a maroon V-neck sweater.—
Steve Lopez,
Mercury News,
1 Oct. 2025
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His boss seems unusually chill with the deception, mostly because this lad might be helpful for sniffing out other moles and double agents in their field.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Sir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sir. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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