0 past simple and past participle of sheer
As a result of collisions with the ice, a bow plate had buckled and numerous rivets had sheered or loosened, and she was taking water at an alarming rate.
Destroyer wished him good luck and sheered off.
Such fighter aircraft as were encountered sheered off when fired upon.
Such fighter aircraft as were encountered sheered off on meeting our fire.
From that he sheered off into his familiar statement of the case about our insular and naval position, and so on.
But those are the reasons that we sheered away from it and felt that it was not the road that we wanted to go down.
But he has again sheered away from the logic of his argument.
They may have sheered off afterwards, but they had at one time intended it, otherwise they would not have passed legislation empowering them to do so.
