Example sentences for: sheer

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

  • The Post lead, which makes the front at the NYT , says that although the major budgetary issues have been agreed upon, some smaller negotiations, combined with the sheer enormity of the $500 billion spending bill, have delayed a House of Representatives vote.

  • More stirring is a sheer bodysuit designed by Jean Paul Gaultier in 1994 that transforms the wearer into a living banknote, all gray-green engraved swirls and crosshatching, with an occasional "100" at salient corners.

  • The sight of the Yangzi water rushing between the sheer walls and evocative rock formations never fails to stir the traveler’s spirit.

  • But he also managed to carry off, almost by sheer force of personality, an accomplishment that eluded governments, world leaders, and multilateral organizations for four years: He ended the war in Bosnia.

  • However, power-law behavior actually provides a concise mathematical description of an important biological feature: the sheer dominance of a few members over the overall population.


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