sheer
adjective
transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics.
have sheered
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present perfectof sheer.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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So I rewired it but somehow I must have sheered into one of the wires so that one of the live wires got attached to a metal plate and the whole amp was live.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2013
"May not some crippled ship of our own have sheered from the line, and been left by us, unknowingly, on that side?"
From The Two Admirals by James Fenimore Cooper
The cavalry have sheered off, but the infantry are coming, a million strong!
From The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
We had hoped that after the hot reception we had given the lugger she would have sheered off, but not a bit of it.
From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Archibald Webb
If they were anywhere about, they must have sheered off pretty quickly when they heard the racket.
From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Edward S. Hodgson
