sir

Example Sentences

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“Is that why the sky lit up earlier? That’s why, sir. Yes, SpaceX had a rocket launch and it didn't go so well. I knew I saw something out there.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From BBC

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

From The Wall Street Journal

“As you wish, sir,” she said with a worried glance at the children.

From Literature

“Yes, sir. Very sorry to intrude, my lord.”

From Literature