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'sheer' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'sheer' with 5 example sentences.


sheer adjective

: complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

: not mixed with extraneous elements

: very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

: so thin as to transmit light

sheer verb

: turn sharply; change direction abruptly

: cause to sheer

sheer adverb

: straight up or down without a break

: completely


  • It is a sheer waste of time.
  • The justifications for some wars are sheer absurdity.
  • A calamity was avoided by sheer luck.
  • She accomplished the task through sheer will.
  • About half of everything he says is sheer fiction.
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