"sheer" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

sheer adjetivo

sheer + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 293
sheer number • sheer size • sheer force • sheer cliff • sheer volume • sheer wall • sheer luck • sheer joy • sheer weight • sheer drop • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 63
(15) scale, speed, pace, velocity
Kolokacji: 4
(17) horror, disgust
Kolokacji: 2
1. sheer nonsense = czysty nonsens sheer nonsense
2. sheer absurdity = czysta absurdalność sheer absurdity
3. sheer silliness = czysta głupota sheer silliness
4. sheer banality = czysta banalność sheer banality
  • The sheer banality of it astonished me.
  • The sheer banality of this position is starting to show through.
  • The sheer banality of the question made it apposite in the circumstances.
  • Contrast the magic of the iPod or dot Mac or Final Cut Pro with the sheer banality of most of what passes for innovation in big business.
  • Nonchalance Amid Ruins Indeed, the sheer banality of the intersection today is jarring.
  • The editors' introduction, of course, argues for its contemporary relevance: "a revolt against a landscape dominated by a literary dictatorship of tepid taste, political correctness and sheer numbing banality."
  • This I found chilling, because it is a précis of the sheer banality of pop-culture evil.
  • The two main points of the song's hilarity are the sheer banality of the lawsuit and the plaintiff's thick Saxon accent, which is routinely ridiculed in German comedy.
  • The sheer banality of evil does not make evil any less evil.
  • In a way, though, the sheer banality of this advice points up the lockhold that consultants have over the corporate mind.
(21) frustration, exasperation
Kolokacji: 2
(24) curiosity, wonder
Kolokacji: 2
(28) presence, proximity
Kolokacji: 2
(29) necessity, lack
Kolokacji: 2
(30) hell, mischief
Kolokacji: 2
(32) instinct, talent
Kolokacji: 2
(33) agony, pain, pressure
Kolokacji: 3
(34) scope, range, expanse
Kolokacji: 3
(36) rage, ferocity, fury, violence
Kolokacji: 4
(37) lunacy, insanity, indulgence
Kolokacji: 3
(39) perversity, cussedness
Kolokacji: 2
(41) bravado, spectacle
Kolokacji: 2
(42) arrogance, greed, lust
Kolokacji: 3
(43) luxury, wealth, opulence
Kolokacji: 3
(45) disbelief, magic, ignorance
Kolokacji: 3
(50) drama, poetry
Kolokacji: 2
(51) perfection, top, height
Kolokacji: 3
(52) bluff, hypocrisy
Kolokacji: 2
(53) impact, shock
Kolokacji: 2
(55) physicality, nervousness
Kolokacji: 2
(56) fact, fabrication, invention
Kolokacji: 3
(57) depth, dint, decadence
Kolokacji: 3
(58) muscle, stamina, heft, brawn
Kolokacji: 4
(59) chaos, confusion
Kolokacji: 2
(61) fluke, serendipity
Kolokacji: 2
(62) expense, cost
Kolokacji: 2
(63) grit, courage, bravery
Kolokacji: 3

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