sirs

plural of sir

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • That is some business that the gentlemen are discussing.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • And that, ladies and gentlemen, has to be one of the most surreal paragraphs ever printed in The New York Times.
    Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Because these islands were so isolated, Caymanians became masters of resourcefulness.
    Baz Dreisinger, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • González developed her classic yet defiantly modern approach while studying at the University of Seville, where Spanish masters such as Diego Velázquez and Francisco de Zurbarán painted in the naturalist Baroque tradition.
    Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • Down the way, a bunch of young fellas were hooting and hollering.
    Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • Their goaltending may be a bit of a question mark, but Rod Brind'Amour has those fellas playing so well that Ottawa never really stood a chance.
    Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • They were written by a bunch of guys in powdered wigs and knee socks.
    Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 17 June 2026
  • Your memoir reframed Black Sabbath less as mythology and more as four working-class guys trying to survive life in Birmingham.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • Aussie Rules lads are almost clothed enough to enter a convenience store.
    Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • The unanimous rave reviews convinced him this wasn’t just about his head being turned by four pretty lads, one in particular.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • According to a witness account, two males pulled up outside the consulate in a white Honda, fired a handgun, got back into the car and fled.
    Swasti Singhai, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • In total, 81 individuals were captured across the two sites, including juveniles, adult males, and pregnant adult females, which indicated a self-sustaining population.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • How great was this, and cheers to the players for being sporting ol' chaps.
    Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
  • Look out for the walking poles and chaps regularly left propped by the front door.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • With the opening of the FIFA World Cup Fan Festival in Fairmount Park, the city is reminding visitors that the festival has multiple water stations and two large tents filled with fans and misters for soccer fans to cool off.
    Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • Fairchild also noted the breezeway includes misters for Sacramento’s intense summer heatwaves.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2026
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“Sirs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sirs. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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