sir

Example Sentences

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Whether it is simply fewer courtiers, a bit less ceremony, no more people calling him sir, or bowing.

From BBC

Please, sir, can we have another order of that—and hold the rest?

From The Wall Street Journal

“As you wish, sir,” she said with a worried glance at the children.

From Literature

“Yes, sir. Very sorry to intrude, my lord.”

From Literature

“We did see an ostrich on our walk, sir. It . . . I mean, she—Bertha—ran off into the woods,” Penelope explained.

From Literature