sir

Example Sentences

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Imagine that conversation, in a thousand versions: Sorry, sir, but your flight is canceled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

“Their claim was self-defense, sir / Just don’t believe your eyes,” Springsteen sings with his familiar rasp.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 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

Whether it is simply fewer courtiers, a bit less ceremony, no more people calling him sir, or bowing.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

“Uh—Mr. Bowditch, sir? What did the captain mean? I mean—if you could think of something for me to tell the others. Some of them are scared, sir.”

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