sir

Example Sentences

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"I was aware of listening devices, yes, sir," Butterfield said at the time.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

The pair said becoming a dame and a sir respectively was "wonderful and humbling at the same time".

From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025

Please, sir, can we have another order of that—and hold the rest?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

The scene is starkly similar to what Springsteen wrote about in one of the album’s most evocative songs — where children play outside “steel gates that completely surround, sir / the mansion on the hill.”

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2025

“And I’ll get a fine bookkeeper with it, won’t I? Yes, sir, I bought it—lock, stock, and bookkeeper.”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham