sheer

Example Sentences

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But what makes her so devastating is the sheer volume of 3-pointers she can reel off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

“Most of the money and most of the neo-primes are actually software first,” Thornton said, adding that automation, autonomy and advanced software is needed to match the sheer scale of Chinese manufacturing.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Though, he does say he can understand why some people might be turned off by the sheer excess of it.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

It’s unassuming at first due to its sheer simplicity.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

The German army had been crippled by a sense of “looming defeat,” Ludendorff said, because of “the sheer number of Americans arriving daily at the front.”

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman