sic
Example Sentences
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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
Why someone doesn’t sic HR on him is beyond me.
From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 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
He does intend to sic the “Get Out” model on other phobias and -isms.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2017
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
