shear

Example Sentences

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They developed a method to introduce three different types of shear strain to extremely thin crystals of the material.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

That’s commonly near the center of the office floor, far from windows and close to permanent shear walls that limit sound intrusion.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

“You can shear a sheep for life, but you can only slaughter it once” goes an old saying that sportsbooks seem to have heeded.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Over the past twenty years, this shelf has developed increasing fractures around a major shear zone located upstream of that pinning point.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2025

He knew how to shear them, and how to slaughter them.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho