Sheerness

American  

[sheer-nis] / ˈʃɪər nɪs /

noun

1. a seaport in N Kent, in SE England on the Isle of Sheppey, at the mouth of the Thames: government dockyards.

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Sheerness British  

/ ˌʃɪəˈnɛs /

noun

1. a port and resort in SE England, in N Kent at the junction of the Medway estuary and the Thames: administratively part of Queenborough in Sheppey since 1968

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Example Sentences

In 2013, he suggested in a TV interview that sheerness and pilling problems with Lululemon pants were the fault of its customers.

From The Wall Street Journal

As Vogue wrote in January: "For a period of time, sheerness was few and far between, but nowadays, 'naked dressing' is commonplace every season."

From BBC

The ship which grounded on a sandbank near Sheerness, Kent in World War Two is decaying.

From BBC

It launched the scheme in 2007 after dozens of protests, with about 1,000 ASW workers in Cardiff, Belfast and Sheerness, Kent, losing pensions they had been paying into for decades.

From BBC

There will be no service on the Sheerness line after 10:00 for the rest of the day, and there are cancellations on the high speed line to and from London St Pancras throughout the day.

From BBC

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