sheer accident

collocation in English

meaningsofsheerandaccident

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sheer
adjective
uk
/ʃɪər/us
/ʃɪr/
used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; ...
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accident
noun
uk
/ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/us
/ˈæk.sə.dənt/
something bad that happens that is not expected or intended and that often damages something or ...
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(Definition ofsheerandaccidentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsheer accident

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Bysheeraccident, an empty trolley, nobody aboard, is starting to roll down a certain track.
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What happened today was asheeraccident.
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I came across it bysheeraccidentbut it is an interesting and important point.
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It was asheeraccident, and should have been treated as such.
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It is onlysheeraccidentthat has put her and me where we are.
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The population of the county is predominantly burghal through asheeraccidentof history.
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I am glad that bysheeraccident—there was no collusion between us—we both wish to raise broadly the same topic.
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They did not get it because of thesheeraccidentof discussions taking place between the firm and the unions involved.
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It wassheeraccidentthat the magistrates knew that the different parts of the family were coming before these different courts.
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The amount of the allowance that most widows, unless they have substanial means, can use depends on thesheeraccidentof the month in which they are bereaved.
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It was only bysheeraccidentthat it was discovered in time, for the moment it becomes alight at one point, it goes on making gas.
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I know that these people have an increasing and bitter sense of grievance at being left out because of asheeraccidentover which they had no control.
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It may be due to trade disputes, it may be due for the moment to the lack of a market or to asheeraccident, such as a fire.
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Why should these rights be handed back to these owners merely on account of thesheeraccidentthat the properties were vacant at the time when councils took them over?
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