All 5 Uses of
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Catch-22
- Each time the fall of a city like Naples, Rome or Florence seemed imminent, Major — de Coverley would pack his musette bag, commandeer an airplane and a pilot, and have himself flown away, accomplishing all this without uttering a word, by the sheer force of his solemn, domineering visage and the peremptory gestures of his wrinkled finger.†
Chpt 13
- When you consider the opportunity and power He had to really do a job, and then look at the stupid, ugly little mess He made of it instead, His sheer incompetence is almost staggering.†
Chpt 18
- Sheer genius.†
Chpt 24 *
- Men bolted from their tents in sheer terror and did not know in which direction to turn.†
Chpt 24
- The tops of the sheer buildings slanted in weird, surrealistic perspective, and the street seemed tilted.†
Chpt 39
Definition:
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(sheer as in: a sheer blouse) typically of fabric: very thin and delicate -- often transparent