"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
(21) frustration, exasperation
Kolokacji: 2
(24) curiosity, wonder
Kolokacji: 2
1. sheer folly = czysta głupota sheer folly
  • It might even prove to be sheer folly; they could die in the first few minutes of the descent.
  • I happen to believe in miracles, but it would be sheer folly to depend on them.
  • As for making an attack before the jewels left the store, that would be sheer folly.
  • All the same, the inhabitants' plan to turn it into class M seemed like sheer folly to him.
  • And how do you measure the sheer romantic folly of his ambition.
  • To you, no doubt the sheer folly and madness of such a project will be more than obvious.
  • In my condition it would have been sheer folly to attack a man who was immune to these effects.
  • One might look at such an undertaking as sheer folly.
  • It would be sheer folly to believe a Council of 25 members could ever reach unanimous agreement.
  • That would have been sheer folly aside from what had already occurred.
2. sheer madness = czyste szaleństwo sheer madness
3. sheer stupidity = czysta głupota sheer stupidity
4. sheer idiocy = czysty idiotyzm sheer idiocy
5. sheer foolishness = czysta głupota sheer foolishness
(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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