Sentence examples for sheer oblivion from inspiring English sources
It's like you not only have to finish a Sudoku puzzle or the TV Guide crossword to complete your maze, but you first have to draw it out in sheer oblivion.
Because the book spans continents, millenniums and subjects, from the opium habit of Emperor Marcus Aurelius to the invention of hypodermic needles, the sheer volume of detail in "The Pursuit of Oblivion" makes it demanding to read.
But even he may be hamstrung by the sheer magnitude of what Tebow has become in rescuing the Broncos from near oblivion earlier this season and driving them into the playoffs and past the Steelers on wild-card weekend.
As you watch Philipp Stölzl's gripping survival drama, "North Face," it is impossible not to put yourself in the boots of the mountaineers clinging to a sheer, icy rock face during a blizzard that threatens to send them into oblivion.
But what I'll always be grateful to him for is the sheer pleasure — the voluptuous, luxurious, forget-everything-for-now-except-this-paperback-I'm-clutching oblivion — that was the gift of his historical fiction.
If you're feeling particularly brave, you can scoot to the edge of a steep ledge for an up-close view; if, like me, you'd rather stay away from sheer drops, your view is just as impressive a safe 10 to 15 feet from a seemingly-certain plummet into oblivion.
Sheer fear, sheer terror.
The odds favored oblivion.
