sheer pleasure

collocation in English

meaningsofsheerandpleasure

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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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pleasure
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈpleʒ.ər/us
/ˈpleʒ.ɚ/
enjoyment, happiness, or satisfaction, or something that ...
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(Definition ofsheerandpleasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsheer pleasure

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Reading these writers one can wonder at times whether there is any reason for their sharing of these elaborate descriptions beyond thesheerpleasureof imagination.
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The great bulk of the traffic is not trunk road traffic butsheerpleasuretraffic.
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One of the most wanton forms of inhumanity is the cruelty that humans perpetrate on animals forsheerpleasure.
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I can remember thesheerpleasureof leaving school and doing my first day's work.
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It wassheerpleasureto listen to him.
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I went away from there for thesheerpleasureof escaping from that pit.
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It has an obvious use as a water supply and it has tremendous advantages from thesheerpleasureof being on it and doing nothing at all.
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This was regarded assheerpleasurein itself and not as something they were obligated to do.
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Chessa's prose embodies thesheerpleasureof discovery through research....
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Thesheerpleasurehe found in architecture is evident in his buildings.
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The choir sings for thesheerpleasureof making good music and the fun of eating and drinking after the singing.
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Barefoot hikers claim that they feel a sense of communion with the earth and enjoy thesheerpleasureof feeling more of the world with their feet.
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