sheering

present participle of sheer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheering
Verb
  • Reagan championed free trade while selectively deviating from it, according to the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Occurring more than halfway through the performance, the scene is used to introduce the tragic backstory of the Phantom character at a freak show — a new narrative deviating from the original source material.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Other fits have been hateful, veering into racist and antisemitic diatribes.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Despite this, most of these models show the storm veering into the Dominican Republic or heading northeast, toward the Bahamas.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With goal difference not a factor in this three-match format, there was no incentive for Miami to push forward in the final period, and Nashville never looked like turning the contest around.
    The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But Drew Mestekmaker and North Texas’ high-flying offense wouldn’t be denied, turning a three-point deficit midway through the third quarter into a 34-point road victory, keeping their College Football Playoff hopes alive.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Walz drew a surge of media attention and prompted popular X posts on the campaign trail for cutting a rootsy profile like her father.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In cutting those moments, Baxter used the score to track the temperature of his edit, especially as the second chapter begins.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Indecisive defending around the edge of the box and an unconvincing header by Maxim De Cuyper led to Matheus Cunha giving United a 24th-minute lead against the run of play with a curving shot.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The ethereal structure comprises 297 stainless steel panels that had to be carefully fitted together and integrated with the curving staircases, whose wood elements evoke a ship’s deck.
    Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Combining that data with a simple wind model, the algorithm projected that yawing each of the five upstream turbines about 20 degrees to the north would maximize the group's generation from the northwest winds.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2019
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“Sheering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheering. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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