sic

Example Sentences

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The sic of it all is worth a little attention.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2025

It won’t matter that Snyder tried to sic a private investigator on the commissioner.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2022

Otherwise, “the company may report you as delinquent,” which means it could sic debt collectors on him and trash his credit score.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2021

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

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