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Example sentences for: sire

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This scenario owes a great deal to John D. Rockefeller Sr. (1839-1937), sire of the Standard Oil monopoly, patron saint of the modern corporation and, in his time, the most detested man in the United States.
One is evolutionary: Men must determine which children they sire, something only strict monogamy can ensure.
Somewhere there is a young lady whose life has been impoverished by my failure to sire the son who would someday sweep her off her feet.
A better answer would appeal to the tradeoffs males face between investing in their current offspring vs. competing with other males to sire new offspring with other females.
Selfishly speaking, that would be more exciting to me than cloning, because it would help me . That's a lot more directly useful than letting me sire an identical twin 40 years my junior.