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Meanings of sheer absurdity in English

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Usage of sheer absurdity in English
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The bold project, so boldly avowed, seemed to him a sheer absurdity.
For the Term of His Natural Life
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A part of him wanted to laugh at the sheer absurdity.
Darkness unleashed
3
The sheer absurdity of the situation began to amuse Jude.
Imajica: Complete Edition
4
Lake almost laughed at the sheer absurdity of it all.
Hush: a novel
5
Neither his distress nor yet the sheer absurdity of it was able to disarm me.
The Shadow Line: A Confession
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He smiled at the sheer absurdity of me, and I could not stop myself smiling back.
Seraphina
7
Mike shrugged his big shoulders and shook his head at the sheer absurdity of the charge.
Private Sector
8
He was so serious that Adam wanted to laugh, and did, at the sheer absurdity of it.
Second to None
9
Thieving was not a sheer absurdity.
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
10
He shrugged his shoulders and smiled at the sheer absurdity of the idea, yet it clung to him persistently.
The Desired Woman
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Somehow or other, I can't help thinking that the present system will die out through the sheer absurdity of it.
Nobody's Man
12
All this may now seem sheer absurdity; but for the purposes of Carteret and Pulteney it was by no means absurd.
A History of the Four Georges, Volume I
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Unless of course the podium boys arrive in gilded hotpants and jackboots, serving to highlight the sheer absurdity of it all.
The Guardian
14
Gauteng law enforcement to investigate "urgently" The sheer absurdity of this footage has made it an instant viral hit.
The South African
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The statue gave a stiff bow, its joints unmistakably creaking, and the absurdity, the sheer absurdity of this situation welled up in Gavin.
Complete Books of Blood
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I told myself that the whole thing was sheer absurdity, and that I should be thoroughly ashamed of my own conduct when the morning came.
The Beetle: A Mystery
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