Sheer
Sheer verb - To depart abruptly from a straight line or course.
Usage example: the car sheered to avoid hitting the dog
Twist
Twist verb - To change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of.
Both words in one sentence
- It will twist, creep, change, swivel, and mutate, until finally we're flying on sheer bravado and chutzpah, and hoping the other guy thinks it's all accounted for.
Source: Literature / The Gone-Away World -
The sheer brutality of the main plot twist in Frozen did this to the Hans/Anna ship, and by extension, every other Hans related ship.
Source: Ship Sinking -
The one survivor wins $50,000.As said earlier, the main twist of this series is that, compared to other Reality Shows, Solitary focuses less on interactions between contestants and more on the sheer isolation.
Source: Series / Solitary
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