How to Use sire in a Sentence

sire

1 of 2 noun
  • A lot of women just want a sire.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • This gray son of the prolific sire Tapit has won four straight races.
    — Melissa Hoppert, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • The mutations then pass down the line from sire to offspring.
    — Jason P. Dinh, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2022
  • This daughter of More Than Ready should live up to her sire’s name.
    — Jeff Nahill, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Be sure the sire and dam are certified against hip dysplasia.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 23 Mar. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • Now, these sires will face-off in a head-to-gorgeous-head competition.
    — Danielle McNally, Marie Claire, 22 Mar. 2019
  • 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
  • Curlin has since become a world-class sire whose offspring have earned more than $10 million.
    — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 19 May 2017
  • Tommy Town also has one of the hottest sires in Grazen, one of my favorites.
    — Eric Sondheimer, latimes.com, 2 July 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • In some species—lions, for instance—only one male and his closest buddies get the chance to sire offspring.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • My Boy Jack’s male parent (known as a sire) is a horse named Creative Cause.
    — Staff Report, courant.com, 4 May 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • The sire in both cases is Maku, now 33, kept in a separate enclosure.
    — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2019
  • Saunders up, joined his sire, Gallant Fox, as a Triple Crown winner.
    — AL.com, 10 June 2017
  • Whitman had never heard of Protonico, the sire of the little horse with the star between his eyes.
    — New York Times, 6 May 2022
  • Lucky Pulpit was the sire of California Chrome and died at age 17.
    — Eric Sondheimer, latimes.com, 2 July 2018
  • Both are sons of the sire Scat Daddy, who was injured in the 2007 Derby.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 4 May 2018
  • 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
  • For instance, mouse fathers exposed to nicotine sire male pups with livers that are good at disarming not just nicotine but cocaine and other toxins as well.
    — Ivan Amato, Quanta Magazine, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Menifee, sire of J Boys Echo's dam, Letgomyecho, was unplaced in 1999.
    — Special To The Plain Dealer, cleveland.com, 9 June 2017
  • The two litters are half-siblings and share the same sire (male parent), Drumlin, according to NPS.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But plenty of champion horses do not produce champion kids, and plenty of lesser racehorses turn out to be outstanding sires.
    — Graham Cornwell, New York Times, 19 June 2026
  • In the world of thoroughbred racing, stallions reign supreme, as owners and leading farms try to create champion sire lines that can sustain a breeding enterprise for decades.
    — Graham Cornwell, New York Times, 19 June 2026
  • Corporate Power's sire (Curlin) and dam (Road To Victory) both won graded stakes races on the Churchill Downs dirt.
    — Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026

sire

2 of 2 verb
  • The horse sired several champion racers.
  • Kiko sired two calves, with a third due early this year.
    — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Both calves were sired by Bernard, who is now dad to 17 rhinos.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Spike had sired three elephant calves at other zoos, but none survived.
    — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The brother lions sired several cubs over their long reign at the zoo.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Morobe sired two daughters as part of a breeding program.
    — Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Buddy sired nine puppies before his death in 1998.
    — EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • This is Nhi Linh's first time expecting a calf, while Spike has sired several calves, none of which have survived.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Iraq became proof that the model would work across the region, with Hezbollah serially midwifing the proxies that Iran sired.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Bowie recently sired a calf there, making Fort Worth Zoo elephant matriarch Rasha a great-grandmother.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Robusta, a Calumet Farm homebred sired by Accelerate, has only a maiden victory from five career starts.
    — Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • In 2021, Morobe was paired with Keweng, a female tree kangaroo, for breeding and sired two daughters, Paia and Ren, according to the zoo.
    — Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Bowie sired a calf there in June 2025, making Fort Worth Zoo’s oldest elephant Rasha a great-grandmother and the matriarch of four generations.
    — Harriet Ramos may 7, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
  • Gun Runner’s stable still has the brass nameplate of its former occupant, legendary 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, who also sired an impressive line of runners.
    — Graham Cornwell, New York Times, 19 June 2026
  • The Gallant Fox — named for the 1930 winner and the only Triple Crown champion to sire another Triple Crown champion — is Peake’s recommendation.
    — Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Dec. 2025
  • There are several Nick Cannons — the TV host, the actor, the occasional hip-hop artist, the penitent, and, perhaps the most famous Cannon, the fertile father of 12 who sired five children in 2022 alone.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026

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