sire

Three years on, the Purosangue remains an astonishing presence on any street, a provocation, an outrage, a moral panic—indeed, sire, very like a Ferrari.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

Whatever happens at the U.N. next week, his tactics will only wreak greater devastation and sire deeper worldwide alienation from everything he touches.

From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2025

Green and gold colours of owner JP McManus look more likely to succeed elsewhere, although there is a breeding positive - Chantry House's sire Yeats was also dad to 2022 National winner Noble Yeats.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025

The owner, trainer and jockey were the same as Slow Down Andy’s sire, Nyquist, who won the 2016 Kentucky Derby.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2023

For the sire of their race was the great horse of Eorl that knew the speech of Men.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

The mare was sired by Northern Dancer, the first Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby in 1964 who went on to become one of the sport’s greatest sires.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

He will join Dubawi, Frankel and Into Mischief among the most valuable sires in horse racing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2022

Rickard said this compared to recently frozen semen from 19 sires used to inseminate 1,048 ewes, of which 618 were successfully impregnated.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2019

Oatley and his colleagues are now working to develop surrogate pig sires.

From Nature ● Mar. 13, 2019

He would run in two more minor races, winning both, then go on to become one of the breed’s great sires.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

On his deathbed, however, he had a change of heart and left his fortune to the creation of a refuge for children like the one he sired and abandoned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

Baffert’s influence can also be found in the breeding for this race with six having been sired by horses that Baffert has trained.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025

Otto sired six calves, including Dara - its most recent offspring - who was born in January 2023.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025

Mouse pups sired by dysbiotic fathers showed significantly lower birth weights and an increased rate of postnatal mortality.

From Science Daily ● May 1, 2024

Ma said, “He was sired by Grand Sha-vois!”

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Paramount Global has created numerous spin-offs of its main cable channels, with Nickelodeon siring five programming offspring, Nick Jr., Nick at Nite, TeenNick, Nicktoons and Nick Music.

From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2023

A Dutch court banned a man Friday from donating any more of his sperm after his donations led to the siring of 550 to 600 children.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

Gun Runner, another horse of the year who is proving himself as a stallion, siring this year’s entrants Taiba and Cyberknife, finished third in 2016.

From New York Times ● May 7, 2022

There would likely still have been a sectarian power struggle over a weakened state, siring a civil war and brewing regional tensions.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2018

To me has been given the privilege of siring a man, and I shall not affront him with requests for further favors.

From The Pride of Palomar by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne