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

And second, female cats can actually carry litters fathered by multiple males, so more partners means more chance of having a strong, healthy sire for at least some of the kittens.

From Slate ● Jan. 18, 2024

A corner stall in the stallion barn still bears Secretariat’s name and that of his sire, Bold Ruler, among those of other elites who have inhabited the space.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 10, 2023

Dunboyne has the same sire, Yeats, as last year's winner.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2023

Like his sire, Young Griff had blue eyes, but where the father’s eyes were pale, the son’s were dark.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

You need look no further than their sires to see the thinking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2021

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

At the Plant and Animal Genome meeting in San Diego, California, in January, Oatley presented the results of his efforts to transplant sperm-producing stem cells into his surrogate pig sires.

From Nature ● Mar. 13, 2019

Now, as the Biscuit challenged War Admiral, Hard Tack’s fee was $1,000, comparable to that of some of the nation’s most prominent 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

He was sired by Curlin with Mopotism as the mare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2025

It was first top-level Group One winner to be sired by 2015 Derby winner Golden Horn.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2025

He has sired five chicks and, alongside his partner is considered “the most dominant condor pair in the park,” according to the Oregon Zoo.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024

In these travels, my father sired thirteen children in all, four boys and nine girls.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

"Females benefit by preventing these unwanted males from siring any of her young. That means her chosen partner gets most of the paternity, and therefore she gains the benefit through her offspring," says Dr Brennan.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2021

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

Some Catholics in Kenya say priests should be allowed to marry because matrimony and the siring of children is an important part of Kenyan culture — also for clergy.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 24, 2015

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