Example sentences for: sir

How can you use “sir” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The gallery also has a strong policy of both acquiring and commissioning works depicting modern Scots in the public eye (including actors Sean Connery and Robbie Coltrane and Manchester United football manager Sir Alex Ferguson), which keeps its exhibitions fresh and fulfills Carlyle’s original aims.

  • Kowloon’s main street was created by Sir Matthew Nathan when he was governor of Hong Kong at the turn of the 19th century.

  • In the Battle of Orleans — fought in Chalmette down the river — General Sir Edward Packenham and his redcoats marched in proper formation across the battlefield like toy soldiers — straight into the American artillery.

  • Sir William and Lady Collins lived in a suite at the top.

  • The cover story mourns the death of Oxford philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin.


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