sic

Example Sentences

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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

I’ll sic Houston on opponents until opponents seem to say, Just get me out of here and let me go home.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2022

Whatever the substance of his personal feud with Mitchell may be, it comes shortly after his attempt to sic his followers on a journalist after being duped by a fake Twitter account.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2021

I wanted to sic her on him, shout, “He ain’t in here, Granny! He’s in yonder with her! Go haint him!”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns