shear
verb (used with object)
to cut (something).
will shear
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future tenseof shear.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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And with the backlash will come a paring of prices that will shear off points from the blue chips as well as the canine variety.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Shear your sheep in May, And you will shear them all away.”
From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Thomas Belden Butler
A good man will shear 100 sheep in a day, some even more; but 100 is reckoned good work.
From A First Year in Canterbury Settlement by Samuel Butler
Man has a right of dominion over the beasts of the forest; and therefore I will shear the wolf.
From The American Union Speaker by John D. (John Dudley) Philbrick
At the best His Holiness will shear you close and keep you waiting while he weighs the wool.
From Red Eve by Henry Rider Haggard
