In its sheer ubiquity, it became a Klimt "Kiss" in black and white, a Rodin "Baiser" in two dimensions.
In its sheer scale, it is hard to comprehend; the lack of response impossible to explain or excuse.
In its sheer mindlessness, it was, in a way, even more depressing (see article).In this section Anarchy in the UK Central bankers to the rescue?
In its sheer breadth — it runs to 489 pages — the report appeared to mark a first for the Arab world, pulling the shroud back from the inner workings of secretive security forces.
Naturally, only a real nincompoop could object to this scene; in its sheer excessive outrageousness, it is brilliant, but it also functions unmistakably as a little pre-emptive strike at any uptight bores who are thinking of whining about offensiveness.
It is breathtaking in its sheer arrogance and cheek.
It beats Xanadu in its sheer mass, and its brutal imposition on the eyes of millions of people".
It's typical John Green in its sheer awesomeness and use of teen-speak (read Looking for Alaska, too, please).
Jason Ankeny of Allmusic called it "a record unparalleled in its sheer sensuality and carnal energy", writing that "Gaye's passions reach their boiling point With each performance laced with innuendo, each lyric a come-on, and each rhythm throbbing with lust, perhaps no other record has ever achieved the kind of sheer erotic force of Let's Get It On".
The book is so thorough, and often so evocatively overwhelming in its sheer detail, once I finish it, and with our interview looming, I worry if I'll have anything left to ask Lawrence at all.
Such beauty in its sheer simplicity.
