sheerest
- superlative of sheer.
Example Sentences
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They were anchored to the north face of Mount Jannu, one of the world’s biggest, sheerest rock walls.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2023
Some will dismiss the concept as sheerest fantasy, or see in Raymond Shaw just a nuclear-age version of that older, less complicated Frankenstein’s monster.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2022
But it would be sheerest hubris to assume those are the only concerns.
From Slate • Jan. 25, 2017
By the sheerest coincidence, his name was also Joe Russo.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2015
Kate’s hands were always busy, mostly at drawn work on the sheerest of lawn handkerchiefs.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
