Example Sentences

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Thank you for coming to Rhode Island, sirs and madams.

From Washington Times • Sep. 28, 2018

Please do not toy with us, good sirs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2016

"Now many owners are appearing. No sirs, this is Colombian heritage."

From Reuters • Dec. 8, 2015

The penultimate poem demonstrates how imposing order affects perception: “Without structure/ there can be no mystery. Dear sirs, thank you for this service./ You have shaken down the Garden of Eden for its seeds.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2015

Every other professor was happy with their yes, sirs and no, ma’ams, but Green had never been impressed with me.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin