shear
verb (used with object)
to cut (something).
has shorn
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present perfectof shear (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Wolf, who has shorn his famous mullet since his last Citi Open appearance but defeated ninth-seeded Holger Rune, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, nonetheless.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2022
App culture has shorn the mating game of its ritualistic playfulness, lending it all the gallant romance of filling up the tank at Texaco or ordering from Domino’s.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2018
Having no other personal ties to the town, her life now revolves around the bar, which Oscar has shorn of the country-and-Western-themed décor that his father had created.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 6, 2017
In the United States, the same cost-cutting mania that removed the last traces of dignity from coach-class air travel has shorn any semblance of comfort from our buses, as well.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2015
Billy May has shorn 142, and he puts his hand on the five-foot paling fence of the yard and vaults over it like a deer, preparatory to a swim in the creek.
From Shearing in the Riverina by Rolf Boldrewood
