Sentence examples for if not sheer from inspiring English sources

But the presumption of cynicism, if not sheer sarcasm and negativity, has beclouded "Company".

'It is probably true that this has something to do with health service bureaucracy, if not sheer cussedness of hospital politics, in deflecting the money to what others see as priorities.' Gibson is so concerned he is trying to introduce a National Cancer Act guaranteeing that money allocated to cancer services actually gets spent on them.

His responses during these incidents went against cultural expectations for African-American athletes; Sports Illustrated's Daniel Coyle wrote that they "were regarded by all whites and many blacks as prideful foolishness, if not sheer lunacy".

Not that I approve of that idiocy, but it has me wondering if it's not sheer contrariness on Govan's part.

It remains Porsche's core model line, if not in sheer numbers, certainly in desirability.

Nice ones, not sheer hose.

If something isn't sheer, Kim Kardashian doesn't want to wear it.

Better to concentrate on what makes "Choke" attention getting if not cohesive: the sheer, anarchic fierceness of imagination that fuels its wildest individual vignettes.

Dold is basically the sole competitor in the spotlight of the fringe sport, if not for his sheer dominance at least for placing himself there through dogged self-promotion.

A recent court defeat has left Atlanta howling that its enemies, including Alabama and Florida, are trying to choke off the city's prosperity, if not out of sheer spite then at least the misguided notion that jobs and money would flow to them instead.

Because, if not for the sheer enjoyment, we'd like this roundup of dance-centric videos to serve as a PSA of sorts: Dear pop musicians, please look to the world of ballet.