sic
Example Sentences
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Also, if you don’t give Alan Ruck a nomination for his bittersweet turn as billionaire bloviator Connor Roy, I’m gonna sic the Conheads on you.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023
Max doesn't sic goblins on his little sister but he does drag her along on his quest to impress Allison and banish the risen Sanderson sisters.
From Salon • Sep. 24, 2022
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
Sometimes, with fiction, it’s sic biscuitus disintegratum — that’s the way the cookie crumbles.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2021
But he didn’t come and he didn’t sic ’em.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.