sic
Example Sentences
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The sic of it all is worth a little attention.
From Slate • Nov. 14, 2025
They set little traps for Hunham’s arrogance and sic their daddies on the administrators, who then bear down on him.
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2023
Also, if you don’t give Alan Ruck a nomination for his bittersweet turn as billionaire bloviator Connor Roy, I’m gonna sic the Conheads on you.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023
Why someone doesn’t sic HR on him is beyond me.
From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2022
After leaping from the balcony Booth will stand tall and, in his best actor’s voice, pronounce the Latin phrase sic semper tyrannis—thus always to tyrants.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
