"a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"
"absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"
"a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock"
"a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"
"plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
"he fell sheer into the water"
"She sheered her car around the obstacle"
"The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"