sheer
Example Sentences
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"We cleared a lot of the fallen trees up. We still haven't done all of that, that will take years just because the sheer volume of where the trees fell over and locations."
From BBC
And yes, tell your family members it’s worth paying the extra few dollars a month for a cloud backup plan to avoid the sheer terror of realizing all your family photos are gone.
In her much-misunderstood essay on Adolf Eichmann, Hannah Arendt emphasized not his evil but his “sheer thoughtlessness.”
From Salon
But rather than being impressed by the sheer scale, he says, consumers should come away thinking: “Wow. I spent two hours with the brand and didn’t notice the time passing.”
He tried to convince the American people of his strength and relevance through the sheer force of his voice and his staccato delivery.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
