mister

Example Sentences

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He was the Duke of York and a prince when he moved in more than 20 years ago and now he's leaving as a plain old mister.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

“The kids were pointing and screaming like, ‘Oh my God, mister, what happened to your hair?!’

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

Oakland officials set up a large white tent with a large fan and a mister near a prominent freeway homeless encampment and tried to move some people into tiny houses.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2022

“I took him home and laid him underneath the air conditioner. I didn’t spray him with a plant mister, but I should have.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2022

“Miss Reilly’s prolly in the kitchen. Go around the hack. What are you, mister? A cop?”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole