Fly and Sheer

Fly

Fly verb - To move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings.

Sheer and fly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sheer" instead a verb "Fly".

Nearby Words: flying, flyer

Sheer

Sheer verb - To change one's course or direction.

Fly and sheer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fly" instead a verb "Sheer".

Nearby Words: sheered, sheering

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

wings fly wings sheer wings

Both words in one sentence

  • Manga / Eyeshield 21 And Yukimitsu, all that he had is ability to deduce possible pass route on the fly and sheer determination, and that's all.
  • Some of the best examples of this are any time Naruto (the Performer) wins a fight through making up moves on the fly and sheer hard-headedness, or the victories Shikamaru (the Technician) accrues through strategy and his mastery of shadow-manipulation binding techniques.
  • Literal Genie Similarly, the two who wished to fly in one game had "beaten" Calypso in a previous installment through sheer virtue of being so simple-minded: they wished for new tires for their monster truck, because it wore them out very quickly.
    Source: Literal Genie
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