sheered

past tense of sheer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheered
Verb
  • Etminan’s editing routine also deviated from his standard practice.
    Hugh Hart, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker deviated from the usual recitation of facts at this year’s State of the City address and instead chose to highlight the stories of individual residents.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Though the tropical storm, which on track to becoming a major hurricane next week, has veered slightly from Haiti’s southern coast, the National Hurricane Center warned Haitians that it’s expected to bring life-threatening and catastrophic flash floods and landslides.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Was there ever a point when your book veered in a completely opposite direction from the film?
    Keaton Bell, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The nurse turned at the sound of footsteps outside the curtain around my bed.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
  • No team in the Championship has lost more than the nine points Wrexham have dropped from a winning position this term, a damaging trait that began on the opening day at Southampton when two stoppage-time goals turned a 1-0 win into a dramatic loss.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Doncic quickly swung the ball to Reaves after Minnesota sent two defenders his way, while Ayton’s defender (Rudy Gobert) went to pressure Reaves on the perimeter, briefly opening up a cutting lane for Ayton.
    Khobi Price, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In another potentially worrying sign for the president, younger Hispanics and Hispanic men — two groups that swung particularly dramatically toward him in last year’s election — also see him a bit more negatively.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Sheered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheered. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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