All 3 Uses of
sheer
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- As the old man stood there he saw something coming across the moor, something which terrified him so that he lost his wits, and ran and ran until he died of sheer horror and exhaustion.†
Chpt 8
- On that side a ridge of rocks ended in a sheer cliff which overlooked a stone-strewn slope.†
Chpt 12 *
- You and I know that he died of sheer fright, and we know also what frightened him; but how are we to get twelve stolid jurymen to know it?†
Chpt 13
Definition:
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(sheer as in: a sheer blouse) typically of fabric: very thin and delicate -- often transparent