Sentence examples for sheer guess from inspiring English sources

"sheer guess" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are making a guess based on speculation or without evidence. For example: "I'm afraid I don't have any facts to back this up, but it's just a sheer guess that the accident was caused by a mechanical failure."

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The further down the ballot he went, he said, the more his choices were based on familiarity with the buzz surrounding a movie or sheer guess work.

I fully admit, though, I have nothing whatsoever to base such a speculation upon, it's just a sheer guess.

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He concluded that "variability of grading is about as great in the same individual as in groups of different individuals" and that, after analysis of reliability coefficients, assignment of scores amounted to "little better than sheer guesses" (Eells, 1930).

I call it sheer speculation.

It duly started hedging its exposure to these assets as well.Mr Ervin could not have guessed at the sheer scale of what was coming.

When it comes to sheer number of soldiers, you can guess the result.

And the movie, starring Matt Damon (who was cast, I'm guessing, due to his sheer rawness) was a sweeping failure on every level.

Given the remoteness of some of the language, and the sheer complexity of the plays, I would guess that most actors are immensely grateful to directors for helping them shape their performances.

And yet what you might not guess from the polemics is the sheer beauty of his compositions.

(As if someone would actually come here for the sheer thrill of it. Though wait, I guess that's what I was doing).

Hart guessed it correctly, but even though he dived the right way, the sheer accuracy and power made that shot, inches inside the post, unstoppable.

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