Sentence examples for were sheer from inspiring English sources

The following months were sheer torture, Quiroga said.

Some were sheer and delicate, as fine as lace.

Mr Jazairi, for one, thought the bombings in his native Algeria were "sheer idiocy".

Sweaters were sheer, almost spongy to the touch, and one had club badges.

Then there were more suits, in mismatched tweeds; after that, there were sheer suits.

Bryant's lawyer, state Senator Royce West, declined to comment on specifics but said they were "sheer allegations".

"It was sheer heaven".

"It's sheer buggery".

That is sheer lunacy!

Much is sheer vandalism.

It was sheer pandemonium.