sic
Example Sentences
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The sic of it all is worth a little attention.
From Slate • Nov. 14, 2025
In February, she introduced a bill, AB 1038, that would allow hunters to sic trained dogs on bears to chase them through the woods, but not kill them.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025
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
Had Henry got scared, tried to sic the FBI on me?
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
