How to Use sire in a Sentence

sire

1 of 2 noun
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  • The good news is that there are some promising new sires.
    — Eric Sondheimer, latimes.com, 2 July 2018
  • He’s even got a full brother [same sire and dam] to this horse.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2021
  • His sire is Curlin, a two-time Horse of the Year who finished third in the 2007 Derby.
    — Beth Harris, The Seattle Times, 29 Apr. 2017
  • This daughter of More Than Ready should live up to her sire’s name.
    — Jeff Nahill, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Both are sons of the sire Scat Daddy, who was injured in the 2007 Derby.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 4 May 2018
  • The mutations then pass down the line from sire to offspring.
    — Jason P. Dinh, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2022
  • Guys who put number to sires and dams say the 1 1/2 miles may be beyond his stride.
    — Special To The Plain Dealer, cleveland.com, 9 June 2017
  • This gray son of the prolific sire Tapit has won four straight races.
    — Melissa Hoppert, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • The other part of the name was a tribute to Uncle Mo, who was the sire and owned by Repole.
    — John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2022
  • Right, so there’s been a lot of talk about his sire not being a class distance horse.
    — Katia Porzecanski, Bloomberg.com, 4 May 2018
  • Tommy Town also has one of the hottest sires in Grazen, one of my favorites.
    — Eric Sondheimer, latimes.com, 2 July 2018
  • Both horses are sons of Uncle Mo, who has emerged as one of the best sires in the sport in recent years.
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 12 May 2017
  • Zeus, who is gray and brown, was born to a merle sire and brindle dam and was the largest puppy in a litter of five.
    — Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 7 May 2022
  • My Boy Jack’s male parent (known as a sire) is a horse named Creative Cause.
    — Staff Report, courant.com, 4 May 2018
  • Should one of those males rise in a troop and sire many children, his mother’s genes are also spread with them.
    — Moises Velasquez-Manoff, New York Times, 18 May 2017
  • Gun Runner is the top sire with 16 Triple Crown nominees.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The son of sire Union Rags will get another shot with a record of seven wins in his eight career starts.
    — Tod Leonard, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Lucky Pulpit was the sire of California Chrome and died at age 17.
    — Eric Sondheimer, latimes.com, 2 July 2018
  • Menifee, sire of J Boys Echo's dam, Letgomyecho, was unplaced in 1999.
    — Special To The Plain Dealer, cleveland.com, 9 June 2017
  • Curlin has since become a world-class sire whose offspring have earned more than $10 million.
    — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 19 May 2017
  • Be sure the sire and dam are certified against hip dysplasia.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 23 Mar. 2020
  • Saunders up, joined his sire, Gallant Fox, as a Triple Crown winner.
    — AL.com, 10 June 2017
  • Now, these sires will face-off in a head-to-gorgeous-head competition.
    — Danielle McNally, Marie Claire, 22 Mar. 2019
  • She’s by a horse named Bated Breath, who’s becoming a hot sire in England.
    — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 23 June 2019
  • Now, the risk of injury that would short-circuit a lucrative career as a sire seems to loom a lot larger.
    — New York Times, 12 June 2018
  • The sire in both cases is Maku, now 33, kept in a separate enclosure.
    — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2019
  • Indian Charlie is the sire of the horse’s dam, Indian Miss.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Whitman had never heard of Protonico, the sire of the little horse with the star between his eyes.
    — New York Times, 6 May 2022
  • But certain sires like Candy Ride will give you brilliance.
    — Mark Whicker, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2017
  • Castro County, sire of the fire, is open prairie land dotted with dairy farms and cattle ranches about 70 miles southwest of Amarillo.
    — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2023
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sire

2 of 2 verb
  • The horse sired several champion racers.
  • There are about 25 bulls in the herd who sire all of the babies.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2022
  • This is also the first calf sired by four-year-old, Joshua.
    — Danny Hermosillo, Houston Chronicle, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Not For Love for Maryland-bred/sired 3-year-olds and up by a length. ...
    — baltimoresun.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Roscoe has been at the Akron Zoo since 2004 and has sired seven cubs, three of which are still in Akron.
    — Jennifer Conn, Akron Reporter, cleveland.com, 31 July 2017
  • The now 22-year-old has sired four Belmont Stakes winners in eight years.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
  • In this strange world, males are fatherless and sire no sons.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Tapit has sired three of the past five Belmont winners, and the bloodlines are strong on the female side, too.
    — courant.com, 7 June 2019
  • The father, Rafiki, 21, has sired all 14 giraffe born at the zoo, the statement said.
    — USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Of the 12 Belmont starters sired by Tapit, in addition to the four wins, there have been two seconds and two thirds.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
  • That even applies to a child which a master sires by his female slave.
    — The Economist, 27 Aug. 2019
  • The red-and-black males sire a lot more young, and becoming brown makes the best of a bad situation.
    — Marissa Fessenden, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2012
  • In this story two primal beings, T’ala’as and Lilu, each sire a child.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2021
  • The alpha sire leads from the rear and actively keeps the herd moving at the necessary pace.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Curlin, a former B.C. Classic winner, sired the winner and the runner-up.
    — The Associated Press, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2017
  • Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez is back aboard this fast filly sired by Munnings.
    — courant.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • By killing cubs that aren’t his, the male forces the female back into estrus, allowing him to mate and sire cubs of his own.
    — Doug Main, National Geographic, 27 June 2018
  • Sperm donors in Taiwan can only sire one child, for instance.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2018
  • Vequist’s name is a combination of the dam, Vero Amore, and sire, Nyquist.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2020
  • The newborn calf was sired by Kyuquot at the San Antonio park by natural means.
    — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 July 2017
  • By this point, a highly sought-after bull would sire thousands of daughters.
    — Maureen O’Hagan, Quartz, 24 June 2019
  • Rene-Wasatch Renegade, sire of two field champions was a Labrador retriever, and things that splashed were things to fetch.
    — Bill Tarrant, Field & Stream, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Males also mate outside their pods—this means their mothers will not have to support the grandkids sired by their sons.
    — Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2023
  • Still, there are plenty of records left to break for the world's equal-highest rated racehorse, who was sired by Irish stallion Street Cry.
    — Danielle Rossingh, CNN, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The males who were most attentive to infants sired five times more children than the least attentive.
    — Alison Gopnik, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2018
  • If all goes well, conservationists hope that Kurt will sire a healthy line of offspring that could one day be returned to the wild.
    — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2020
  • His post-racing highlight was siring a Venezuelan horse of the year before dying at age 11.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 21 May 2020
  • And so a fan favorite was … not born exactly, because vampires are sired.
    — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 23 May 2018
  • Sudan sired two females, offering hope that the species could be preserved.
    — Author: Robyn Dixon, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Hofburg finished seventh in the Kentucky Derby after a rough trip but is a son of Tapit, who sired three of the last four Belmont winners.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 5 June 2018

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