| And when he rallied it was apparently in a spirit of the sheerest hardihood. |
| The day's debate has been skillful and high-flown, but as a discussion of principle it has been the sheerest nonsense. |
| Ted balanced on the balls of his feet, a grin of sheerest delight on his face. |
| But it remained, as usual, for a woman to attain the sheerest pitch of audacity. |
| We carried on to the deepest part of the quarry at 36m, keeping what seems to be the sheerest drop-off to our left. |
| It was only by the sheerest accident that he had found out, even now, about them. |
