sheer
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Their simultaneous existence indicates a broader trend toward sheer, glorious stupidity that viewers crave when practically everything is either too polished and boring or wilfully obtuse.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
This time there was no film, no lighting and not much theater, Dudamel relying on the sheer intensity of the music.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Simon Featherstone, co-chair of the Otford Society, said the project was designed to allow visitors to "visualise the sheer vastness of our solar system".
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
When Tove Danovich recalls the first time she got an IUD, one thing stands out: the sheer pain of the procedure.
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2026
Grumbling and muttering to himself, the dwarf led them to what seemed to be the sheer face of a cliff.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing sheer
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