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But then something will happen that reminds me of life’s sheer unpredictability, and that matters of the heart are purely unknowable.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Is such sheer, universal familiarity the root of love — the kind of connection that everyone from Keats to Keaton wrote about — or does it trap you in one place, stunting your growth?

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

"I train my neck anyway for what I do, but it's that times 10. Just the sheer level of strength that's required in the neck is huge," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

For sheer longevity, having been around for nearly half of “SNL’s” run, and because he’s probably not leaving anytime soon, Thompson might be the pick that makes the most sense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

“Through sheer willpower and self-belief, you summoned up all your magic and demanded it take action. And, my dear girl, it heeded your call.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

What kept these lipsticks from looking dated is that they tended to be stains, not thick creams or dry mattes, with a sheerer, lighter texture than one would traditionally associate with such intense hues.

From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2013

So he had a sheerer version tested and sold it in drugstores under the brand names Chez La Femme and Silky Legs.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2011

Once I got the hang of twisting it just a little, then I got sheerer coverage, but it seemed difficult to do it right.

From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2010

WOMEN'S stocking makers are engaged in fierce competition to get sheerer and sheerer hose on the market.

From Time Magazine Archive

He wore his signature royal blue robe, but as Rowan got closer, he could see it was a sheerer variation than the one he had worn at conclave.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

They were anchored to the north face of Mount Jannu, one of the world’s biggest, sheerest rock walls.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

Into the deepest crevices, the darkest caves and the sheerest drops of our beings.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2019

But it would be sheerest hubris to assume those are the only concerns.

From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2017

Helen Frankenthaler’s canvases bare only the sheerest layers of color and paint. Yet with these works the artist straddled two of the most important artistic movements of the 20th century.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2016

Kate’s hands were always busy, mostly at drawn work on the sheerest of lawn handkerchiefs.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

The interior is properly decorated — flowered curtains, gauzy sheers, a hanging crystal light fixture — while a fan on the floor disturbs the peace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023

Vice President Kamala Harris, Ella Emhoff, helped the designer showcase his line of soft sheers coupled next to metallics and liquid-like gloves and leggings.

From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2022

Grieu recommends hanging sheers behind heavier window treatments.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2022

The Oscars are often a parade of nudes, sheers or pale pinks, especially in nail polish, said Cat Quinn, beauty director for Refinery29.com.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 10, 2020

Gyarnit got th'ee hund'ed sheers, I got fawty; yit I the poweh behime the th'one.

From John March, Southerner by George W. Cable

Several news outlets showed video of a light blue Ferrari 812 Superfast with one of its wheels and side bumpers sheered off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2023

A bed complete with its patterned sheet and pillow visible inside a room whose outside wall had been sheered clean away showed the scale of the task ahead.

From Reuters ● Feb. 6, 2023

Images from the area showed a segment of the steep, green side of the peak known as Chiquihuite sheered off above a field of giant rubble with closely packed homes remaining on either side.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2021

Mr. Lux said most county election offices received little damage — except in Bay County, home of Panama City, where wind sheered off its roof — and computer servers and voting machines remained intact.

From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2018

Sometimes he sheered off the subject, or turned the conversation by pretending not to understand; but generally he answered all I asked most frankly.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

All of this sheering is a symptom of just how much fast fashion has reshaped our wardrobes.

From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2024

In any case, I would prefer not to deal with such questions, because it will turn out the same as sheering a pig – lots of squealing, little wool.”

From Time ● Jun. 25, 2013

It’s not what most highlanders have in mind: “We want to make the final products,” says Delfina Apaza, rubbing her hands after hours of manual sheering.

From Time ● Dec. 30, 2012

By now Achilles and Exeter were deployed and sheering in.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oddly enough the other horse seemed also to be sheering away to the left, so that in a few seconds the space between them had widened a good deal.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis