was sheering
- past progressive of sheer.
Example Sentences
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It seemed as if the latter were ignoring U75 altogether and was sheering off at full speed.
From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.
And in admitting that she cared to have the conversation proceed upon this footing, she realised that she was sheering towards unequivocal coquetry.
From The Pit by Norris, Frank
The boys had not yet made their offing, they were still on the full stretch going the one way, when I had already gone about ship and was sheering off the other.
From Island Nights' Entertainments by Stevenson, Robert Louis
The night air was very chilly and full of brine; a little boat towing by a long painter was sheering about in the phosphorescent wake of the ship.
From Romance by Conrad, Joseph
He was all in rage and titters, and when he found we was sheering off, without coming ashore, he went wild, and flung his cap at us.
From The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar by Penrose, Margaret
