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Meanings of sheer willpower in English

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Usage of sheer willpower in English
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Only sheer willpower held me where I was, just inside the doorway.
Nightingale's lament
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I had to use sheer willpower to push him and my desire away.
Petals from the sky
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The healing priest reported, He was running on sheer willpower.
Surrender to the will of the night
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His answer to fighting the disease is sheer willpower.
Reuters
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He struggled to stay consciousfought his way back by sheer willpower, and his vision cleared.
Ghosts of Onyx
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At this point she was running on sheer willpower.
Spells
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Doctors said it seemed the man, who had a broken leg, survived by sheer willpower.
Radio NZ
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Through sheer willpower, I forced myself not to wince.
In the shadow of gotham
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I knew, even for Emma, sheer willpower wouldn't prevail.
Break No Bones
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His eyes held the tears back by sheer willpower.
Danse Macabre
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Through sheer willpower, she swallowed the scream pounding for release and yanked the blinds shut.
My deadly valentine
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He stared as if by sheer willpower he could tear the truth out of the tiles.
The black prism
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Night had always appreciated the man's sheer willpower.
Shades of gray
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Didi kept herself from jumping by sheer willpower.
Mine
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In his steadfast heart, he was effortlessly what most of us try to be by sheer willpower.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
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After a while, his sheer willpower seemed to earn the crowd's respect, and the bystanders stopped resisting.
Country driving: a journey through china from farm to factory
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