sheer
adjective
transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics.
sheers
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present tense formof sheer (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Even when tasked to outfit the girls in monotone uniforms, the costume designer Shirley Kurata adds individuality with textures of sheers, cutouts and pleats.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Keep in mind that buildings, awnings, trees and sheers can decrease the amount of sunlight reaching the plants.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris, Ella Emhoff, helped the designer showcase his line of soft sheers coupled next to metallics and liquid-like gloves and leggings.
From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2022
Grieu recommends hanging sheers behind heavier window treatments.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2022
The cotter's wife in Burns's poem who— "Wi' her needle and her sheers, Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new"— deserves the title of heroine for her efforts to keep up appearances.
From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Edward John Hardy
