| 单词 | sheer |
| 例句 | He had been worn down by the sheer duration of Dad’s droning. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The greatest reward of this constant interrogation, of confrontation with the brutality of my country, is that it has freed me from ghosts and girded me against the sheer terror of disembodiment. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He stretched sheer silk fabric over the stern and bow sections and painted the silk with varnish. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The shocking surreality of the citadel—the sheer size of the thing—played havoc with the mind’s sense of scale. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Suddenly he began writing in sheer panic, only imperfectly aware of what he was setting down. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z At this post—one of the several spots in Sing Sing where sheer boredom and the potential for sudden mayhem existed side by side—your feet got tired and your authority was questioned constantly. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Pointing to it she said, “Oh yeah, totally. That’s sheer artistic genius right there.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z When the stick broke in two, he yelled in sheer joy and continued beating the rock with the short end of it. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Many of us urinated without noticing it, out of sheer terror. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It had been a rash act to come here at all, and sheer folly to arrive together; though it was true that they had come by different routes and only met on O’Brien’s doorstep. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It was a sheer fluke that it was the blade's handle that hit my rib and not its fang. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Not once had I seen him shout for the sheer glee of it or kick over milk crates just to watch them break. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z 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. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z So Nok's mother wheedled and cut deals with her society friends, and by a sheer miracle, she landed Nok's father an even better gig: Chief Law Commissioner. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I think it flattered him that I enjoyed his classes so much I take them for no materialistic reason like credit and an A, but for the sheer beauty of chemistry itself. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z My grandparents’ eyes glazed over at the sheer activity, streetcars rumbling, bells clanging, and the monochrome traffic swerving in and out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I almost laughed out of shock and sheer disbelief Elodin gave me his boyish smile again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Ishmael had hung on to it in part from sheer inertia, in part because driving it reminded him of his father. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She sang for the sheer joy of singing, and her uniquely beautiful voice delighted everyone who knew her. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The man held his wife gently as she rocked back and forth out of sheer terror. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z For sheer cleverness she could run rings around them all. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z One long dry afternoon I took out my composition book and told myself that I would write a story; it was sheer idleness that led me to it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z High cliffs lowered upon either side, and thrust forward from its mouth were two sheer hills; black-boned and bare. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “One side a sheer cliff, the other side a thicket of brambles with no way through, and in the middle a big fallen tree. You had to have noticed it.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The sheer volume of people is nerve-racking, but the joy in being able to leave his flat whenever he chooses outweighs his fear of accidentally bumping into passersby as he attempts to traverse the streets. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It aspires to be both a work of art and something instantly accessible to anyone’s ear, for the sheer pleasure of it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Either the door could only be opened by magic or sheer force was required—neither of which was Leo’s specialty. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z On the other side was a sheer drop. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Never before had the sheer size of the Maze truly hit him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Part flu. But mostly sheer excitement,” he subsequently informed a journalist. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Verna had met Suzanne a couple of times while we were at Harvard and by sheer coincidence was now living in Silver Spring, in a building just across the parking lot from Suzanne’s. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The cutting machine worked like a deli sheer, peeling off slices about this size: The slices fell onto a droplet of water and rested on the droplet’s surface. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know it, and I might perish from sheer embarrassment. But no mind, I brought you a little gift to repair the damage,” she said, handing him the paper bag. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z April and Melanie and Marshall were on their way home through the alley when, by the sheerest luck, Melanie noticed the loose plank. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z We should credit it for what it is: for sheer size and perfection of function, it is far and away the grandest product of collaboration in all of nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The floppy ears she chose today were made of sheer white linen, with a fringe of golden tassels. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was a sheer drop of ten or twenty meters, with boulders at the bottom. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I used to build for fun, for the sheer pleasure of crafting a miniature warehouse, office, palace, stable, restaurant out of rubble. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z "He was insane. The last part of the will was sheer lunacy. Happy Fourth of July, it said. This is November." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Men bolted from their tents in sheer terror and did not know in which direction to turn. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z My eyes fairly ached with marvels seen even as my heart beat with sheer excitement. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z We had watched many scenes like this since his return, with Papa acting so crazy sometimes you could almost laugh at the samurai in him, trying to cow her with sheer noise and fierce display. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The split second of sheer panic as the wolves came at her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z This year’s tribute outfit is a fitted blue jumpsuit, made of very sheer material, that zippers up the front. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And when Sam heard that he laughed aloud for sheer delight, and he stood up and cried: ‘O great glory and splendour! And all my wishes have come true!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He talked feverishly, unable to stop, and he ground his teeth from sheer nervousness. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The cutting-edge computer of the period would hardly have been seen as distracting, unless by virtue of its sheer size people couldn’t take their eyes off of it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The First and Second Cohorts—pride of Camp Jupiter, a well-oiled, highly disciplined war machine—fell apart under the assault and the sheer novelty of being on the losing side. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z When the shoelace proved an unconvincing earthworm, out of sheer exasperation I tried the sole, all of it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We inched forward for a minute or two but were then forced to stop by the sheer press of bodies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘What’s the matter with you?’ the Matron shouted, and the sheer force of her voice caused that massive bosom to quiver like a gigantic blancmange. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z And the dust made him cough and retch; in his turning the center of the whole earth shifted, making of space a sheer void and a mockery of order, and balance, and time. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He was at the top tier of the very tall shelves, along the northern wall beyond which the shark-fin ridge fell away in a sheer cliff all the way to the city. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He stops at the towering main entrance, a sheer glass door painted with stripes in our team colors, and pulls aside as the panels slide open. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At the beginning he had no feeling except sheer incredulity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z And of course there was the sheer physical fact of her, the blood-tinged blade that she was, the riot of color that caught everyone’s attention. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Here the bank dropped almost sheer to the river, some six feet below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the sheerest muslin lay hot and heavy on our laps. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z 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. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z As they approached the forum, Percy was struck by the sheer number of people. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, we are paying too little attention, and respect, to the built-in durability and sheer power of the human organism. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After a minute she pulled out a sheer...something and held it out to Dimple, triumphant. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He turned to look at her and was startled to see that she was sitting on the sheer edge of the back seat, her face some six inches from his. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And although all the men are filthy, the expression on their faces is of sheer elation. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose, in general, I never appreciated in those days the sheer effort Ruth was making to move on, to grow up and leave Hailsham behind. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z So when I told old Spencer I had to go to the gym and get my equipment and stuff, that was a sheer lie. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Somehow, by sheer force of will, the girl had frozen herself in time—not just her body but everything. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z For the most part, my coworkers seem content to occupy their little niche on the sheer cliff face of class inequality. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s only sheer luck that his child lock is on, and the door won’t open. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I guess I must have looked like the Incredible Hulk—sickly green and bursting out of my shirt in sheer rage. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Alba spent two days walking around the house in circles in a state of sheer despair, going through the books in Jaime’s tunnel and on her own shelves and destroying anything that might be compromising. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Even today, I’m puzzled by the sheer force of the emotion that overtook me when I heard Moira say this. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z When Con and Kaede walked to the edge, they saw that the ice field ended in what seemed to be a sheer wall of white. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z There was one awkward spot, where there was no ledge and the wall was sheer and even undercut for a short space; there he slipped and swung out on the silver line. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z On either side was a sheer wall of dark reddish stone, glistening with dampness. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Today I keep it simple, with a little blush, some silver eye shadow, and sheer lip gloss. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Worse than the feeling of danger was the sheer loneliness. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Though most of my writing time is spent on notes which I keep in a separate folder, from time to time I have to put down my moods and thoughts out of sheer habit. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The man in black was hanging in space, clinging to the sheer rock face, seven hundred feet above the water. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z His bedroom door flies open, and Zahra slams on the light, a steely expression of rage barely concealing the sheer terror on her face. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z By sheer weight and numbers, they pulled me down. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Olmsted was awed by the sheer numbers of workers involved. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I watched them wiggle and leap through the aisles, their thin legs covered only by sheer tights. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was a comment he made out of sheer exhaustion and anger. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Upwards it wound, coiling like a snake, boring its way across the sheer slope of rock. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Jefferson threw up his hands at the sheer stupidity of Adams’s proposals, calling them “the most superlatively ridiculous thing I ever heard of.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z If its attorneys do not outsmart you, they will outwork you, and if they can’t outwork you, they’ll win through sheer intimidation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Augustus: “I am. I didn’t cut this fella off for the sheer unadulterated pleasure of it, although it is an excellent weight-loss strategy. Legs are heavy!” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z She pictured Sunny toppling from the tower and onto the ground, pictured her sister’s last thoughts being ones of sheer terror. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Those advocating emancipation, then, need to confront the intractable dilemma posed by the sheer size of an African population that, once freed, must be removed to some other location. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z So they proceeded after that as if they were climbing a dangerous mountain, until the rocks became an uncompromising cliff, overhung with impossible jungle and falling sheer into the sea. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z On the further side it reared up again, many fathoms at a single leap: a great grey cliff loomed before them, cut sheer down as if by a knife stroke. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As I gazed up at its sheer cliffs, tops disappearing in a reef of ghostly clouds, the idea that this was a magical place didn’t seem so ridiculous. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z And then, of course, there was the sheer size of the library; tens of thousands of books; thousands of shelves; hundreds of narrow rows. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Thanks to his hard work, his innate ability, and his sheer determination, he was frequently promoted. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I realised immediately this was Tommy’s way of putting behind us everything that had happened around his drawings back at the Cottages, and I felt relief, gratitude, sheer delight. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z From sheer and absolute terror, I began to scream. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Part of the problem was the sheer size of the OASIS. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The eastern faces of the Ephel Dúath were sheer, falling in cliff and precipice to the black trough that lay between them and the inner ridge. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The wildlings had built their watchfire in a shallow depression above the narrowest part of the pass, with a sheer drop below and rock behind to shelter them from the worst of the wind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They were both asleep, and by sheer chance there was no one hidden in the labyrinth of empty rooms in the back of the house. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he sheered off the subject, or turned the conversation by pretending not to understand; but generally he answered all I asked most frankly. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Through the thirties and into early wartime, his natural vigor had kept these maladies at bay, but the sheer magnitude of the demands on his time and energy finally had caught up with him. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Just the part where I passed out and dropped you. It was sheer stupidity. I forgot to hold my breath and sucked down some bad air. Were you hurt anywhere else?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The PSFs assigned to their room had been so impressed with the sheer detail of his work that they actually let him finish. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In his senior year in high school, by sheer force of will, he lettered in—of all things—basketball. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In some places the mountain fell away, leaving sheer cliffs. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z That was unpleasant, but not as unpleasant as falling off the platform from sheer weakness would have been. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, as the sheer genius of the plot began to sink in, they all started grinning. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z As though sheer willpower was enough to suspend her children’s childhoods until she could afford to have them living with her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The rope is thirty feet long, and this close to the base of the watchtower, the cliffs aren't as sheer. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Through sheer, savage will, Minya poured even her life force into the colossal expenditure of magic necessary to hold on to her ghosts and keep her charges safe—and not just safe but loved. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z So quickly, I argued with myself, that it might have been sheer reflexes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z But a real school was so messy and random that solutions sometimes fell into place by sheer luck. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Beside him stands a Tribal girl clad in sheer, rose-colored robes, their hems embroidered with tiny round mirrors. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Through sheer brilliance and ambition and guts builds it into the giant of the software world. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z For one whole semester the streetcars and I shimmied up and scooted down the sheer hills of San Francisco. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Beowulf experienced a few seconds of sheer panic. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z And you would have to understand the sheer impossibility of a blue orchid in order to understand the miracle of these flowers. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The clerk looked baffled by the sheer amount of junk food on his counter. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But here was a woman who hated me and who, out of sheer malice, had nearly killed me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He pronounced the demon word again as if delighted with the sheer sound of the full vowels. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The long walk to the Manpower Directorate, the sheer mindlessness of compiling names and addresses day after day, exhausted him, she knew, yet he came home each day with lit-up eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The brickwork was sheer, with a projecting course halfway between him and the parapet. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s wearing niqab—well, beyond that, because her eyes are covered too by an almost sheer black fabric. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z For the first quarter of the journey, the road was a series of zigs and zags that followed the Swat River on one side and hugged sheer cliffs on the other. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z After splashing across the stream in the shallows, I stood at the bottom of the cliff and wondered how on earth I was going to climb the sheer wall. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But more than the material nature of the gene, it was the sheer malleability of the genome—that X-rays could make such Silly Putty of genes—that stunned scientists. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Out of sheer boredom I have come up with names for the musicians I imagine performing each of the Muzak melodies I am forced to listen to every time I work at Awkworth & Ames. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z The sheer amount of glittering visual information overwhelmed Dill. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s so expensive, but it’s so ugly too, isn’t it? I think they make it ugly on purpose. And yet people buy it out of sheer perversity.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She removes her gold bracelets, her sheer stockings, her pink rayon dress with the faux-pearl buttons, and lies on her childhood bed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheer amount of visual information always overwhelmed him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z To smile at the sheer loveliness that pressed in from the windows and touched his grief, making it a pleasure to behold. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Sophia asks as she flits around her boudoir in a sheer bathing gown. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She was wearing her Egyptian headdress and under her sheer jeweled robe she had on the short tunic made of a pillowcase. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, the world fades into view and I’m standing on a ledge, looking down into a perfectly circular lake surrounded on all sides by sheer metal walls hundreds of feet high. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Near the sheer stone front of the generating station, a zeppelin slowed to a hover in the buffeting wind. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It was all so disturbingly normal—besides the sheer amount of money that must have gone into it—that for a moment I thought the whole place might be a hallucination. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z A towering cliff stood behind them, a sheer drop, black and faceless. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z As she went across the hallway she gave out a cry of sheer vexation which was amplified by the raw acoustic of the bare floor tiles. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z For a while sheer anger mastered me; it was as if he had during her life struck Lucy on the face. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z By sheer force the dragon clawed and fought its way through. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z And when he did, he could not stop the worn old words from coming, louder and louder as though sheer volume would wake her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Thou art more lovely and more temperate in terms of sheer beauty. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The matter of giving us each day our daily bread was clearly up to us girls to figure out, and the sheer work of it exhausted me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she seemed intent on playing the piano, dodging bill collectors, forcing us into college through sheer willpower, and riding her bicycle all over Queens. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z One cannot help but be surprised by the sheer volume of what pours forth from Tiny's distended mouth. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z It was the sheer amount of time the band was forced to play. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The sheer volume of attacking sand buried her feet with each step. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Helene says this without a trace of irony, and I wince at the sheer idiocy of the idea. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Ifemelu wanted to say, “I don’t give her too many choices,” because she wished Kimberly would not be so sheer in her yieldingness; perhaps Morgan just needed to feel that her mother could push back. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Had it been only twenty-four hours before that she had leapt from rock to rock, had climbed and grasped and pulled herself up the sheer cliff? Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z After that there was nothing but sheer galloping for some time. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z It was only the sheer brick wall stretching down to the pavement, the cars and buses moving like toys so far below, and the blast of the wind against his face that made it terrifying. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The sky remained gray, threatening, the valley dark, their ridge and part of the meadow around the ninth Little Baldy Bear Lake a sheer, dully gleaming white. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On the northwest side, towards the coast, the cliffs fell sheer to the sea below, their surface unbroken. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Paths were few and winding, and led them often only to the edge of some sheer fall, or down into treacherous swamps. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The first few minutes were sheer terror, her teeth clenched so hard that her jaw ached, her toes curled up inside her special new grippy shoes, her arms and even fingers spread wide for balance. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “There weren’t many of our people left by 1876,” Grandpa Nyles explained, “compared to the sheer numbers of whites. There were probably twenty thousand Lakota. At the same time, there were twenty-five million white people.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z On they went, higher and higher up the dizzying trail, on one side the sheer stone walls and brutal peaks towering above them, and on the other an endless, limitless, bottomless nothing. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z My job is not, however, as genteel as it at first appears, thanks to the sheer volume of clothing in motion. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny, from sheer high spirits, jumped the now deserted breastwork the British had thrown up so hastily the night before. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The discomfort within has evolved into sheer misery. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It’s a tribe of horses crossing a freeway, making it to the other side thanks to their sheer number. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The sheer noisiness of them, of their heavy boots, and loud voices, buzzed on by their sense of urgency, ricochets through the quiet hush of the hospital and breathes some life into the place. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When I looked overboard the drop wasn’t sheer any more. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s a tranquillity born of sheer immensity; it calms with its very magnitude, which renders the merely human of no consequence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And so, frozen in thought, he continued to stare up the sheer face of the Cliffs. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She stood there in her Klondike-dance-hall-girl costume with sheer black silk stockings, spool-heeled slippers, one red garter fastened under a knee and swinging a black mask in her hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There it pooled, relaxed, cleansed itself, and bubbled into laughter at the sheer joy of having us in its midst. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z ‘No, not that way! There’s a sheer drop over the wall. Follow me!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The outer fall was indeed no longer sheer, but sloped outwards a little. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Rising four hundred feet over the night-time sprawl of modern Athens, the sheer cliffs were topped with a crown of limestone walls. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Hazel appreciated that, but it didn’t make the sheer drop any less scary. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z So just before it was time to march out onto the floor with the other competitors, I was in the bathroom crying from sheer nerves and the fear that I was about to humiliate myself. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Now, though, his threats are the only reason I have to fight—the sheer perverse glory of not backing down. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The tops of the sheer buildings slanted in weird, surrealistic perspective, and the street seemed tilted. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The sheer number of actions and reactions it’s taken to form our solar system, our galaxy, our universe, is astonishing. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He watched her snap a red silk garter over the sheer lisle stocking she had pulled up over her shapely leg. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Livingston had discovered electrical focusing by sheer ingenuity and serendipity; Lawrence recognized the underlying principle, which enabled him to incorporate it into subsequent designs. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z To even get into one of the tough summer tournaments, with players coming from as far away as Philadelphia, was sheer delight. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Fear, beasts, no general agreement that the fire was all-important: and when one tried to get the thing straight the argument sheered off, bringing up fresh, unpleasant matter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He looked up the sheer face of the cliff as it rose far above him and tried to guess where the vases might have fallen. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I think of the Sledge Game and the sheer patheticness of his car. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Jacqui looks around in sheer awe, stepping off the cement path and onto the grass, and when her foot touches the ground, the dirt gives way. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z When Thibaut picked me up she smacked me again just for the sheer hell of it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Their measurement had been sheer luck, or a case of knowing the result they wanted to get, not an uncommon occurrence in science. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His Warcross position is a Fighter, for sheer brawn and power, with the goal of taking others down instead of hunting for the Artifact. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But Isengard is a circle of sheer rocks that enclose a valley as with a wall, and in the midst of that valley is a tower of stone called Orthanc. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The hem of her dress drips; her shoes squelch out water; to both sides rise sheer walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I hold up a sheer pair of purple underwear by my pinkie. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z My bloke can’t be missed because of the sheer size of him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The sheer absurdity of it all was helping her to regain her composure. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But somehow, when put together and set in motion, the full package conveyed sheer majesty. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Bree only snorted in answer but he did sheer away to his right. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z What had from afar seemed to be one sheer mountainwall was split into several long steep ridges, separate isles perhaps, between which the sea ran in narrow sounds or channels. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z A moment later I could see her peering at me from behind the sheer white curtain of the door window, her eyes terrified. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z But Isabelle’s midriff looked tan and happy beneath the sheer white tank top she wore. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They went in to look for her and found her in her cot, her eyes popped out and the little hair she had left standing on end in sheer terror. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He would never have been happy with her—life would be gossamer, all his days merging into one long sheer sheet of nothingness. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Beyond him stood another giant man who rivaled Sigurd in sheer mass. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z It was not a broad road, and it had no wall or parapet along the edge, and as it ran on the sheer drop from its brink became deeper and deeper. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I find myself overwhelmed with the sheer volume of it. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She feared she would wander in the dark Wood forever, until she was only a skeleton powered by sheer will. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z For most of the last year she’d been wearing what she thought of as college-girl makeup: natural skin, blush, sheer lips, mascara. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Soft light from the moon and stars came through the sheer curtains into our room, making patterns on my bedspread that I traced with my finger. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Its sides sprang sheer out of the running water. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I don’t know very much about music—I’m the only one in the family who can’t sing or play an instrument—but even I knew that what I was listening to was sheer magnificence. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Since farming created the conditions for swift demographic growth, farmers could usually overcome foragers by sheer weight of numbers. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She flew for the sheer pleasure of flying. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Compton was seized with a vision of Lawrence supplanting his own authority by the sheer exercise of will, abetted by geography. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But they also often do drive innovation faster and faster, and the sheer overcapacity that they spur—whether it is in railroad lines or automobiles—can create its own unintended positive consequences. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Across the midriff of her dress was a sheer mesh inset of a Lone Star Flag. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Faithless creature,” Oriana says, looking at me as though through the sheer intensity of her gaze she might ferret out my secrets. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We had both gone from terrified to safe so quickly that we were close to laughing from sheer relief anyway. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Rising straight and sheer from the water, a thousand feet into the night. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sure it was sheer luck that saved you,” huffed Boo, ruffling his feathers. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The most noteworthy achievement of Winner Lane, now in his midforties, is the sheer length of his criminal record: nearly three dozen arrests for burglary, domestic violence, trespassing, resisting arrest, and other mayhem. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Finally sheer wish and hope prevailed over common sense and facts. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Earlier, after Connor and Mom came back from the store, he pushed the sheer curtains open. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Her first surge of relief soon died away, and her thoughts, numbed by the sheer terror of pursuit, began to stir again in hopeless circles. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z There was a stunning vitality to him, as though he breathed all the world’s air and only left enough for others by sheer benevolence. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He looked wildly up at the frowning wall, where the road-builders of old had cut the rock sheer for many fathoms above their heads. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z As wonderful as knowing this is, the sheer awe of it is terrifying because of the power you have. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Between the rock lasers, the sheer mountain face, and its completely obscured city on top, the Ridgefolk really did seem to discourage visitors. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The wrinkle had appeared between her brows again, and she stared hard at the symbol in the center of the cover, as if she could bore through it with the sheer intensity of her gaze. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Guarded by sheer walls on three sides, its soldiers had only to watch the fourth side, across which was an earthen berm. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Billy Steen, who bore no resemblance whatever to a football player but had become one through sheer will, fighting off an offensive lineman four inches taller and fifty pounds heavier to sack the quarterback. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He set his hand on the knife at his belt and looked her in the eyes, though his head was ringing and the sheer power of her scream had made him dizzy. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Immediately in front of him, Bigwig and Dandelion were staring out from the sheer edge of a high bank, and below the bank ran a stream. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His brain delighted at the impossibility of this, at the sheer coincidence that that tiny, serious girl in the blue lehenga now sat opposite him, looking at his sketch pad. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The new assignment was a challenge and an opportunity for testing how much of what happened in Harlem was due to my own efforts and how much to the sheer eagerness of the people themselves. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But what Everest lacks in architectural grace, it makes up for with sheer, overwhelming mass. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “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.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z With all that rumbling, my head spun with the sheer craziness of it all. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Olanna looked down at the long red tin and nearly burst out laughing from sheer unexpected pleasure. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They can’t follow when the chimps cross a narrow, steep-sided valley by swinging from tree to tree, or when they climb the slender vines that often hang down a sheer cliff face. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I walked outside and blinked at the blue sky, sheer yellow sunlight, small breeze. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z A quick glance up the sheer ravine sides ruled out any possibility of his getting Buttercup past the climb. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z They had reached the Mountain’s foot on its northern side, and a little to the westward; there its long grey slopes, though broken, were not sheer. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When I get to the bottom, I kick the sand out of sheer frustration, and thanks to a gust of wind, some of it flies right into my eyes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z In the direction that Skardebek flew, the sheer wall of the mountain in front of them was marked by a ribbon of cool silver. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z On one side, the limestone cliffs were almost completely sheer, dropping into the sea over a thousand feet below, as near as Piper could figure. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Gently she laid Ruth May out on the table, spending a long time arranging her arms and legs within the sheer cloth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s what they told everyone to keep them from running away out of sheer terror,” said Matt, echoing the words Celia had used. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Father saw how I clutched the seat in sheer fright until the knuckles of my hands were almost bone white. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In his honor Daenerys had donned a Qartheen gown, a sheer confection of violet samite cut so as to leave her left breast bare. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Under the influence of Stein’s Three Lives, I spent hours and days pounding out disconnected sentences for the sheer love of words. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z By sheer strength of will, he began to pull himself up, leaning much of his weight on me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Its colossal curtain walls rose beside the lake, sheer and sudden as mountain cliffs, while atop their battlements the rows of wood-and-iron scorpions looked as small as the bugs for which they were named. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He swung himself up, branch by branch, and imagined he was Silas, swarming smoothly up a sheer brick wall. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z She climbed out of bed and opened the shutters, and in the early morning light she marveled at the sheer beauty of the thing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Shawn was the only person I had ever seen stand up to Dad, the only one whose force of mind, whose sheer tonnage of conviction, could make Dad give way. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z For outsiders, it was the sheer size of the exposition that made it seem such an impossible challenge. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Everyone was rather amazed at the sheer size of the gift. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I didn't see a weapon on him, but just the sheer size of him matched with his unnatural state made him a danger to us all, especially for RiRi. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “Yeah, we’ve pretty much seen nothing but bunnies and buzzards since we left town. Came across the buck just yesterday out of sheer luck.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Out of sheer desperation I took a handful, also two ambiguous capsules that had a Drowsiness sticker but which I suspected of being antihistamines. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But then they both finally got out of the car, and I stayed at the window wrapping myself in the sheer white curtains as I watched my mother and father. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z But the sheer size of the influx— over 400,000 a year, with no end in sight—creates a problem all its own. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The sheer size of the rig stopped him in his tracks. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He could barely breathe from the sheer effort of it, and he sank to the ground again, wishing it would just take him, once and for all. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The terror in Jam’s chest paused at the sheer...awkwardness of the thing. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The sheer power of nuclear weapons themselves, any one of which could destroy an entire city, established a new principle for military conflict, dubbed "mutual assured destruction," or "MAD." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They worked as hard as their male counterparts, and they were able to outfly all the other Po-2 bomber regiments for sheer numbers in their nightly missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z One congressman opposed having a fair at all and out of sheer cussedness voted for Cumberland Gap. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Helene cranes her neck back and stares up the sheer cliff face. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He was thinking that if only he could get the Bloodbottler to take one bite of the repulsive vegetable, the sheer foulness of its flavour would send him bellowing out of the cave. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z More dangerously, it was felt by many that the exuberance—the sheer play of language—could overcome the less thrilling but more valuable quality of judgment. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z This was the only entrance to the tower; but many tall windows were cut with deep embrasures in the climbing walls: far up they peered like little eyes in the sheer faces of the horns. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Islands rose out of the steel harbor waters with sheer cliff sides, reaching to uneven summits, and crowned with austere, soaring firs. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The sheer curtains drawn over the windows look creamy in the moonlight. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It was not a change of expression, nor of complexion—it was more as if a sheer curtain had suddenly been drawn across his face. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z If you doubt this is the case, consider the sheer scale of mass incarceration. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But others, many out of sheer necessity, had already found the energy to start over again. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Despite all of Percyjackson’s power, despite everything he had survived, in the end he was helpless against the sheer strength of the giant - and the inevitability of the prophecy. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was like climbing a sheer wall, and as fruitless. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The boy had fallen asleep from sheer exhaustion. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood, not by command, but through sheer willpower. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He was filled with sheer anger over the wretched care he was getting, even though he couldn't imagine anything for which he might have an appetite. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z They cross boulders, dry riverbeds, and canyons with sheer rock walls. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The sheerest smile brushed his lips, and heat rushed up my body. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bombs were dropped on the helpless civilian population. Residential areas were their sole targets, and it was obvious that this strategy had nothing to do with any military targets. Simply put, it was sheer terror.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z In his left hand he still held the flashlight, gripping it for sheer life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But somewhere deep down, she loved the sheer heady freedom of it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The notion that black people have always been united in opposition to American caste systems is sheer myth. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z By sheer luck, she wasn’t cut in half. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We untied Dragonwings then and eased it down the ramp by sheer muscle power. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was the sheer awfulness of the thought, or maybe it was hunger, but Alex found himself laughing for the first time in weeks. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Next, Melanie got some old curtains from her mother, enough to make sheer flowing robes for everyone. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He just didn’t get it; his brain was on overload trying to compute the sheer impossibility of the situation. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Perhaps I could make an effect through the sheer contrast between my approach and theirs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She was flying, skimming the ground with no track under her, not even a hoverboard, keeping herself aloft by sheer willpower and the wind in her outspread jacket. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z How did he achieve such sheer shade without so much as a pause or a fingerprint? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She wore the sheerest of flawless silk stockings, and expensively made high-heeled pumps shod her beautifully arched feet. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A new sound darkened his voice, a tone of sheer hatred. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And then a ten-foot sheer rock wall loomed in front of him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z In the end, I spotted him through sheer luck across a crowded courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I’m never aware of it before it happens, but all of a sudden I find myself standing beside my bed, out of sheer habit. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Given the magnitude—the sheer scale—of the New Jim Crow, one would expect that the War on Drugs would be the top priority of every civil rights organization in the country. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And so they came at last deep into the glen; and there stood a sheer wall of rock, and in the wall the Dark Door gaped before them like the mouth of night. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Not by the water itself, but by the sheer power to be able to make it flow, and make it stop with the simple flick of the wrist. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Possibly it was the sheer and utter exhaustion of that past week which had produced this reaction in me.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I was magnetised by the sheer horror of this woman's features. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z However, human beings who shared its habitat found it annoying because of its sheer numbers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In the middle of a war for survival, given the sheer volume of messages traded back and forth among Soviet embassies and the government in Moscow, making multiple copies must have seemed an insignificant decision. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There we would have to cross the reef to land on two western beaches that lay below sheer bluffs. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I choked on my words, only managing by sheer willpower to keep from wringing Frankie’s neck. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z And it was sheer bad luck mat he sat down on the pile of thistles. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps we will find it possible to accommodate other forms of life, from other planets, out of sheer good nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheer robes were to be worn over short tunics made of pillowcases. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re brought into being by sheer force of will,” the woman on the arm of the chair interjects. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But advancing age and sheer physical fatigue were only part of the answer. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He hit me, tried to do bodily harm to me, and logic, sense, all thinking went right out the door, and I reacted automatically, in sheer, stark terror. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Just the sound of my wife’s voice sent sheer blind misgivings through each and every bit of me. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Beyond sheer verbal volume, the punch so evident in the Adams prose reflected his more aggressive and confrontational temperament. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The mountainside rose sheer and impassable ahead of them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore a barong, a sheer ivory shirt made from pineapple fabric that Filipinos wear to weddings and baptisms and things. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z She had not tied her wrapper over her nightdress, and I could make out the downward slope of her breasts, the slight swell of her belly underneath the sheer fabric. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z As we circled it, rising in a spiral, the sheer height of the thing blew my mind. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon the old dog’s pace had slowed down to a stumbling walk, and it seemed as if only sheer determination were keeping him on his feet at all. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She rested her cheek on the log and closed her eyes out of sheer exhaustion. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sticky shuffled his feet and said, “I just kept trying one door after the other, until finally I found the staircase. It was sheer luck.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “I said at least we don’t burn books out of sheer stupidity, like you do.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Several times I thought I’d lose the thread of the story, and only sheer effort kept it going. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z By sheer coincidence, the story eventually reached a man named Goi. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Flying slowly above the tiles, which glistened with the recent rain, she edged the machine into a little gully between a steep tiled roof and the sheer wall of the tower. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Ruby had come back from her own dressing room clad in a slip so sheer she might as well have stayed naked. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When on the East the sheer bright star arose that tells of coming Dawn, the ship made landfall and came up islandward in the dim of night. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Under pale blue skies, he drove along the base of high, sheer basalt cliffs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He holds up a sheer skirt with gold coins hanging off the waist, with even spaces between them. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I don’t know why, but I felt shy and out of place in there with the noise and energy bouncing around and sheer goodness clinging to the walls of that house. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z On the third morning Caradhras rose before them, a mighty peak, tipped with snow like silver, but with sheer naked sides, dull red as if stained with blood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z From 22,000 feet to 25,000 feet the standard route ascends a sheer, treacherous ice slope known as the Lhotse Face. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Below it twenty fathoms or more, there was a wide and rugged shelf which ended suddenly in the brink of a sheer cliff: the East Wall of Rohan. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The ravine grew increasingly sheer as they went along, and Westley soon realized that whereas once he probably could have helped her through the climb, now there was simply no way of doing so. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But if it did, it would be a three-minute ride that involves a climb nearly a third of a mile long, up to 1,600 feet, followed by a sheer drop and seven loops. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The worst thing about it is the sheer emphasis she swears with. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z At their feet lay a straggle of low buildings, a criss-cross of walls; and on three sides the precipices fell sheer into the plain. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z En route, traveling the gradient of bombykol, he notes the presence of other males, heading in the same direction, all in a good mood, inclined to race for the sheer sport of it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She was dressed like a bride, in a white gown, white lace hood, and sheer veil, walking toward the altar, down the aisle of that converted barracks. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Mice were beginning to smile from sheer relief. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Low she sang in her beguiling voice, while on her loom she wove ambrosial fabric sheer and bright, by that craft known to the goddesses of heaven. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As one California Highway Patrol Officer said, “It’s sheer numbers....You’ve got to kiss a lot of frogs before you find a prince.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The track snaked around the side of a mountain with a sheer drop to the right. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The sheer scope and number of tattoos and piercings would have Mamma fainting. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z As it happened, by sheer luck really, he discovered straight away a street with four shops of just the kind we were after, standing virtually in a row. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Izzi and I exchange a glance at that—his sheer competence is unnerving. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z What deep readings his modified sensibility might make of human suffering, of the self-destructive folly or sheer bad luck that drive men toward ill health! Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Through it all Ben continued to teach me mental exercises that I was half convinced he constructed out of sheer meanness. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes the biggest enemy was sheer, unremitting thirst. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z For an instant, I’m so dazzled by the sheer impact of it that I can’t put two and two together and figure out what it is. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Dad set out to prove them wrong by the sheer volume of his work and application of every particle of his energy and intelligence. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I would go to my room and call my mother and just cry from sheer frustration. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Her cheeks were staining a dusky purple as she tugged the hem of her dress, as if she could will it longer simply by sheer physical strength. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Let renegade not miss renegade for sheer lack of daring! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z We climb the sheer, high walls of Empire Quarry, where they got the 18,630 tons of stone needed to build the Empire State Building. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He stared straight down, saw that the stone wall of the Maze went toward the ground in a sheer cliff until it disappeared into whatever lay far, far below. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In this agonizing fashion I climbed toward a cluster of tents reputed to be perched somewhere on the sheer face above, progressing in increments calibrated in inches. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z From that point there was a sheer drop, for the cliff was slightly undercut, and even Gollum could not find a hold of any kind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Over and over she remembered her handful of snaps, falling through the wind, hurtling down the sheer rock face into the churning, bashing water far below. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I dropped my sword in sheer terror and swatted at my clothes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z There was nothing to do but make the best of it—and pray they didn’t die of sheer boredom. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Sometimes from sheer rebellion we ate grass, although it always resulted in stomach cramps and violent retching. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheer exhaustion of the day felt like a weight that dragged her toward the ground with each passing moment. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Judging from the position of his blade, he would’ve taken me—maybe by sheer luck—in the small of my back, my only weak point. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Ever so slowly, Washington began to claw its way back, inch by inch, still keeping the rate low but starting to gain on sheer power. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They often lost their way to the Land of the Dead, or stayed behind with the living out of sheer stubbornness. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Ahead, Theresa could see a bit of sky — a sheer blue wall, undistinguished. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, if one were to retrace the Burr-Hamilton route across the Hudson and land just upstream from the modern-day Lincoln Tunnel, one would come face-to-face with a sheer cliff 150 feet high. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z For sheer grandeur, scale, and intimidation value, I doubt if any corporate orientation exceeds that of Wal-Mart. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But the sheer vastness of Rome grabbed him by the throat and made it hard to breathe. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The sheer parrot green sari she pleated and tucked into her petticoat had been laid out for her on the bed by her mother. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Each year there was always the dream that this was finally it, the game where the juggernaut of Permian would somehow self-destruct and the sheer emotion of Odessa High would finally prevail. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t stop to find out, and the sheer terror of what was coming from behind kept his feet moving. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And still he heaved until he fell over on his side from sheer weakness. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And Iorek fell away, dislodged, and with a screech of twisting metal Iofur stood up tall, straightening the steel of his back plates by sheer strength. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He held on to it like a man clinging to a root on the side of a sheer cliff. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I hope I never again have to withstand seeing another case of sheer police brutality like that. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly the object came into focus as the toilet paper became thin and sheer, like I’d adjusted a microscope. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z After the first day, he wonders if they are visiting only for the food, entranced by the luscious crackle of fresh-baked bread in boulangeries and the sheer variety of cheeses. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z These were important engineering milestones, but what visitors adored was the sheer beauty of seeing so many lights ignited in one place, at one time. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She will be swayed, if not by my logic, then by the sheer fact that already the disastrous effects of her exile can be seen: Shadowshapers slip away daily. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Sheets and towels, some sheer curtains for the windows, a big sack of rice. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t try to flatten another bird—that had been sheer luck, and besides, it wasn’t exactly pleasant finding shreds of bone and intestines in her soup. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes began to close from sheer weariness. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Still, Maria’s main purpose in Surinam was recording insects, and the sheer number of them was staggering. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Each time, the reaction was the same: sheer horror. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Just like a peasant, to burn his own village from sheer stupidity!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She wore a gown of yellow silk so sheer and fine that the candles shone right through it to reveal the spun gold and jewels beneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Liam’s hand came out toward me, and the sheer panic at the thought of his touch had me jumping back, trying to put as much air between us as I could. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I cannot do the calculation, but I suppose there is almost as much of them in sheer dry bulk as there is the rest of me. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There were sheer ivory curtains under embroidered turquoise ones and small brass sculptures on the bookshelves. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Schlesinger drew his pistol and fired above the boat, and by sheer luck hit the boat hook, knocking it out of the man’s hand. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The sheer size of the crowd makes him nervous, he has never been in a space so full of people before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The sheer terror of it all put wings on my feet! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The city has now been Arab far longer than she was Greek, yet for sheer, stupefying destructiveness, the Arabs stand near the bottom of the list of the city’s victimizers. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z But at the same moment, Jacob said, “Better than burning books from sheer stupidity.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The sheer industry that had made such a project possible. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Could I turn myself into him by sheer willpower? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z On one side was a high cliff wall of dark rock, and on the other was a sheer drop-off. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Beyond it the shore rose sheer into a grey cliff, and there was no further passage for those on foot. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z As the sheer sides of the Cleft closed about him, before he reached the actual summit, before he looked at last on the path descending into the Nameless Land, he turned. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He repeated the steps of his plan, his eyes on the window left ajar, as the sheer blue curtains swayed. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z They were safely harbored in the narrow waters, with a long, rocky island to starboard and the sheer white cliffs of the mainland to port. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z No mortal man could scale it, nor so much as land there, not with twenty hands and feet, so sheer the cliffs are—as of polished stone. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as a teenager, it’s likely that Bobby was able to separate the not-so-subtle Soviet attempt at indoctrination from the sheer brilliance of the games and what he learned from them. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was a sheer rock wall, straight up and down and slick with spray, and at first that was all she saw. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z On that side a narrow path ran round towards the great gate, between the wall and the sheer brink of the Rock. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He had little doubt that Bigwig, by sheer chance, had led the fox onto a Wide Patrol which had been following their trail. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an interesting combination in a man, intelligence and sheer bulk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It seemed at first there was a sheer drop down to the sands, but once you leant over the rail, you could see zigzagging footpaths leading you down the cliff-face to the seafront. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z There are two wide windows with sheer curtains, a closet with an ironing board tucked inside, a mini fridge, a mini wastebasket. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Actually, preoccupied though I was with Ruth’s possible, I did begin to enjoy the paintings and the sheer peacefulness of the place. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheer weight of the Cyclops battalion began to weigh Typhon down. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z We laughed together at the idiocy and sheer impossibility of such a moment. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It was sheer chance that Marcus’s mother had not returned to her son’s apartment an hour before to say goodbye to Aurelia formally and make sure she got safely on her way. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The Morthond Vale made a great bay that beat up against the sheer southern faces of the mountains. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z We can do nothing else, it is a sheer necessity. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally, when caught in the exact eye of this bleached and motionless crystal expanse, Billy Ray’s limbs went weak from sheer joy. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was the sheer size of each one of them that boggled Sophie’s brain most of all. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m in my bed, staring up at the canopy and wondering how mad my mom would be if I tore all the sheer white fabric off. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The women wore heels and sheer stockings, and short black dresses made of crepe and chiffon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z After some minutes’ walking, they came to a larger clearing in front of a rock that rose sheer from the ground. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Upon the east too sheer and stony was the valley’s side; upon the left, from the west, their final doom approached. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He has fought his way out of a number of tight corners by a simple combination of sheer luck and more talented friends. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The animals accompanied us as far as the sheer rock wall. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Now awake, I noticed his mask was sheer black. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He felt certain that O’Brien was about to twist the dial out of sheer wantonness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Nor did Sam find any nook or hollow to shelter in: only bare stony slopes frowned over by the cliff, which now rose again, higher and more sheer as they went back. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The walls of the ravine grew more sheer and rocky as they progressed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Still, I knew it to be sheer folly to go running Dockside for the sake of a story. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The sheer volume of training for a space mission is astounding. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark was at a loss, all plans out the window, relying on sheer desperation. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I remembered then the way they’d slipped from the cracks in my walls and flown for the sheer joy of it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheer frenzy of the attack makes Balekin fall back a step. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Taken by surprise and overwhelmed by sheer numbers, the Peacekeepers were initially overcome by the crowds. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Evidently there were nesting holes in the sheer face below them, for as the light grew they saw three or four martins dart out over the stream and away into the fields beyond. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There are also the exciting thin metal posts with the flashers on top, so drivers don’t veer off into ditches because of pitch-blackness or sheer boredom. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z There is little to equal ahull terrier’s grin, however charmingly presented, for sheer astonishing ugliness. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But then Faris grabs Dex and uses sheer bulk to turn him around and shove him into the crowd, away from me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z "I doubt it. It's pretty sheer. And where could he hide?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Different hues blended into one another where the glaze pooled thickly in the crevices or glossed sheer on the raised surfaces of an incised design. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z They were holding hands, and both of them had sheer terror on their faces. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Emerging from the tunneled cleft in the cliff wall, Claire was once again faced with the sheer drop of it, the certain death if she were to fall. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The man lay awake for a while, thinking about the days ahead and of the animals, for the sheer misery in the young dog’s eyes haunted him. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z At length the forest broke away to reveal sheer faces of jagged cliffs. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z One of the men ran to the sheer edge of the roof, overlooking the street; his hand went to his mouth and Bigger heard the sound of a whistle, sharp, thin. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z So he kept to himself for many days out of sheer misery. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Obstinately, and for sheer escape, he spent hours translating Homer and Mimnermos into English. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Instead, I shake my head at the thrill running through me at the sheer lunacy of what I’m about to do. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At first, I used to rip it with my hands, just for the sheer fun of tearing something apart. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To Oedipus the old man’s mind was wandering; what he said was sheer madness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My feet scrape against the sheer wall for a terrifying moment before I find the foothold. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z For sheer sport, the Laughing Man usually went halfway with them, then vanished, often leaving no even faintly credible indication of his escape method. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z By the time we get to District 12, I’m completely overwhelmed by the sheer number of kids going to certain death. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Nor was it just in his madrigals that Monteverdi started shifting chords around for the sheer surprise and delight of it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She felt like a rock climber facing a sheer cliff, searching for cracks and handholds. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He had said “Don't look down” because this very last section, although it was made relatively easy in its climb because of the odd outcroppings that formed footholds, was sheer in its vertical drop. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But here, finding themselves in an even more open place, they settled into a kind of static panic, like that which sometimes comes upon inexperienced climbers exposed on a sheer face. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheer blissful joy of being able to fill one’s mouth with rich solid food! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z But the sheer corn of it got them and the Hot Foot Squad went shuffling along. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z By sheer weight he was wearing the horse down. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Her arm is shaking under the sheer weight of mocha. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Kate’s hands were always busy, mostly at drawn work on the sheerest of lawn handkerchiefs. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Harry could barely breathe: Could luck, sheer luck, get them safely out of this? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Brilliant immigrant kid overcomes poverty and the Depression, can’t get a job at the stuffy downtown law firms, makes it on his own through sheer hustle and ability. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I spent so much time practicing while paper-chaining that he learned my entire bar mitzvah by sheer repetition! Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Now I plop them wherever, trying to keep them close to the rover out of sheer laziness. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “But Mom, this is what I look like in second grade,” he’d argued, sticking his tongue into the hole where his teeth used to be just for the sheer joy of it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z For sheer technological complexity, though, no sixteenth-century instrument comes near the organ. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In the sheer, shimmering improbability of the moment, it seemed to Lazlo that his dream had tired of waiting and had simply...come to find him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I wore jeans, a large gray T-shirt, and steel-toed boots; the other girls wore black leotards and sheer, shimmering skirts, white tights and tiny ballet shoes the color of taffy. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He had to fight every second to stay afloat, and sheer terror was sapping his strength. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z No one, however, expected the sheer crush of visitors that actually did arrive. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A few feet beyond their shoes was a sheer, dizzying drop. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Grumbling and muttering to himself, the dwarf led them to what seemed to be the sheer face of a cliff. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Over and over in his mind appeared the image of the familiar mummy-shaped outline of the western hills, and the sheer red cliffs that hid the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The sheer size of it was enough to prop open the creature’s jaws, which she immediately started to do. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z My heart is flipping and dancing around and I laugh from sheer joy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A street car rumbled forward and the pigeon rose swiftly through the air on wings stretched so taut and sheer that Bigger could see the gold of the sun through their translucent tips. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Down the face of a precipice, sheer and almost smooth it seemed in the pale moonlight, a small black shape was moving with its thin limbs splayed out. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The sheer injustice of everything he had witnessed was too much. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Instead of the pantyhose she normally wore to work, she found sheer stockings with a seam. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Over and over, hour after hour, the men moved, hauling the ship by the sheer force of straining muscle and gasping breath. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z It was sharply different from the West where an evening was hurried from phase to phase toward its close in a continually disappointed anticipation or else in sheer nervous dread of the moment itself. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I hurried to my address and was challenged by the sheer height of the white stone with its sculptured bronze façade. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z To make matters worse, the path broke off entirely and sheer cliffs loomed ahead of them. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z If it’s telling the boys to cool it with the boxer-flaunting baggy jeans while reminding girls that sheer pants are not acceptable, great. Girls’ leggings won’t “distract” your sons 2014-03-27T14:00:00Z But the sheer intricacy lends a stirring fortitude to the music. Review: An Ambitious Project Returns at the Philharmonic 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Some of the aflaj on the hike seemed to be almost carved into the side of a mountain, with the view from my narrow walkway a sheer drop to the left or right. This Persian Gulf country may be the anti-Dubai — and that’s a good thing 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z But I-90, relatively new and with its roots in the Northwest, took a different course, inspired by the sheer desire of its members to collaborate and see what happens. Unconventional chamber group I-90 Collective performs at Seattle's Trinity Parish 2010-08-26T20:10:00Z I laughed, probably too hard, out of sheer relief. Panic! At the vasectomy table 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z However, most critics have praised the show's sheer sense of spectacle. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has mixed reviews but announces extension 2013-06-26T10:28:21Z It doesn't just contain the quirky music videos that brought TMB online fame, there is also equally sharp writing, with jokes and storylines reflecting the band's charm and sheer weirdness. The Midnight Beast: making the leap from web to TV 2012-07-05T13:08:25Z It generally refers to a performer’s technical prowess, the ability to dazzle with a sheer display of technique. Two Pianists Test the Meaning of Virtuosity 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z As performed by the remarkable young actor Michael Benjamin Washington, embodying more than two dozen different characters, and directed by Saheem Ali, “Fires in the Mirror” energizes with its sheer force of clarity. Review: Reflections That Sear in a Reborn ‘Fires in the Mirror’ 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z “She wanted to wear one of those sheer dresses that covered just what you needed to cover, and the rest was up for grabs,” Mackie said. A Lifetime of Dressing Cher 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z A lot of their comedy was in reaction to Margaret Thatcher, or "Thatch" as Elton, their fellow Manchester student, dubbed her, but a lot of it was sheer high-energy nonsense and gooning about. Rik Mayall obituary 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z It comes down to magic — it's sheer genius. Meet the magician behind Sherlock Holmes 2011-11-13T04:57:31Z Anxiety and sheer joy were mixed emotions, like salt and vinegar on seaside chips. Family life: Losing it in Lostwithiel, the joy of daisies, and chocolate muffins 2013-07-27T06:30:06Z Indeed, part of what makes the Auschwitz video so offensive is the sheer obviousness with which it is staged like a reality-TV event. Clay Higgins’ Auschwitz video and reality TV’s takeover of American politics 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z I felt relief, and sheer thankfulness, for this job that provided the basics for my family: some income and health insurance. Motherlode Blog: A New Mom Is Downsized, but Not Down and Out 2013-04-25T18:55:03Z While his singing was nearly flawless, he didn’t convey — not on the first night, at least — the part’s sheer intensity. Review: Jonas Kaufmann Sings an ‘Otello’ for the Ages 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z It is the Fourth of July, and Kelly’s search lands her at a wild party on Staten Island, where the sheer grossness rivals the teenage bacchanal in “Project X.” Movie Review: ‘King Kelly,’ a Satire of Lust for Internet Fame 2012-11-29T23:12:02Z Charles Isherwood It is hard to imagine a world unilluminated by the moving spiritual beauty and sheer youthful charm of the diary of Anne Frank. The Week Ahead: Feb.13 ? 19 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z At every turn, you hear the unpretentious wisdom and honest intuition in these artists’ styles, along with their sheer alertness to the moment. New releases by Charlie Haden and Jim Hall, and Bill Frisell 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z By contrast, Flying V’s high-spirited production exploits fighting for its sheer entertainment value. Review | Get ready for a fight in these productions by Theater Alliance, Flying V 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The sheer enormity of the times has contributed to a sense of existential fury—of a challenge to modern life as a whole—in the year’s best movies. The Best Movies of 2019 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The sheer gown was also topped with an ornate collar that doubled as a gaudy choker. "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty:" The 18 most outrageous, buzzworthy looks from the Met Gala 2023 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Regarding the carving’s celebrity, Scott said it’s much more than Lincoln’s sheer size that seems to strike people. New Jersey man explains how he made 14-foot Lincoln snow sculpture 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z And the sheer intensity of tropical fruit, creamy richness and pithy citrus bitterness of Punk IPA speaks for itself. The 40 best summer drinks: beers 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z The sheer breadth of "mocktails" on restaurant menus and supermarket shelves — along with a surge of cookbooks — clearly reflects this trend. The diverse world of non-alcoholic beer 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z One of the most exciting parts of Arab Fashion Week Riyadh, the first official fashion week hosted in Saudi Arabia, which took place last week, was the sheer amount of Saudi girl power on display. Saudi Arabia’s Female Designers to Know 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Ms. Wang balanced her inky palette with sheer layering on bodices and skirts. Black Wedding Gowns From the Runway to the Aisle 2011-10-24T17:17:38Z For a 1977 show at the New York comedy club Catch a Rising Star, she carried a ray gun and wore short black boots and a sheer black top. Catching Up With: Pat Benatar?s Memoir Takes a Shot at the Bullies 2010-06-18T21:11:00Z For sheer incongruity, as defined by Isidore Ducasse — “the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table” — few works can match the five original Surrealist exquisite corpses in MoMA’s collection. Art Review: ?Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration? at MoMA 2012-03-29T22:25:34Z They were here for the sheer camaraderie, the energy, the excitement. 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