"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
(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
1. sheer fluke = czysty szczęśliwy traf sheer fluke
  • Police said after the bomb was made safe that it was 'either a sheer fluke or a bloody miracle' that London had escaped carnage.
  • By sheer fluke the machine pistol arced up and over the beam, its momentum swinging it back into the terrorist's hands.
  • It was, for example, a sheer fluke that he began his career as a mining engineer with Manchester Collieries Ltd.
  • If they can't see that what we picked up by a sheer fluke is going to change all our lives, then let them find out in their own way.
  • When, by the sheerest fluke, she'd discovered he had not one other woman on the side but two, it drove her to near insanity.
  • It wasn't training, it was sheer genetic fluke.
  • I don't believe they'll do much damage with this raid, except by a sheer fluke.
  • And, through a sheer fluke of scheduling, six proved surprisingly similar.
  • By the sheerest fluke, Doc happened to be waving his sword in the beast's general direction, even though he was looking down at Lori.
  • Chapter Ten It was the sheerest fluke that Plum happened to be strolling through the lowest levels of the garden when she heard the scream.
2. sheer serendipity = czysty szczęśliwy traf sheer serendipity
(62) expense, cost
Kolokacji: 2
(63) grit, courage, bravery
Kolokacji: 3

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