All 4 Uses of
sheer
in
Harry Potter (#7) and the Deathly Hallows
- Out of sheer desperation they had talked themselves into believing that Godric's Hollow held answers, convinced themselves that they were supposed to go back, that it was all part of some secret path laid out for them by Dumbledore: but there was no map, no plan.†
Chpt 18
- Harry could barely breathe: Could luck, sheer luck, get them safely out of this?†
Chpt 23
- By sheer force, the dragon clawed and fought its way through.†
Chpt 26 *
- They were hacking and stabbing at the ankles and shim of Death Eaters their tiny faces alive with malice, and everywhere Harry looked Death Eaters were folding under sheer weight of numbers, overcome by spells, dragging arrows from wounds, stabbed in the leg by elves, or else simply attempting to escape, but swallowed by the oncoming horde.†
Chpt 36
Definition:
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(sheer as in: a sheer blouse) typically of fabric: very thin and delicate -- often transparent