She had the inmates' undivided attention until she told them it was done by 'sheer strength'.

The sheer strength and focus of her percussive playing, her limpid steadiness in the third, dreamlike movement and her nightingale of a garden-song were breathtaking.

But the sheer strength of public opinion which became too overwhelming to be ignored any longer.

I simply observe - not just for the existence but for the sheer strength of this surviving cultural assumption.

Rush invented his own sculling technique, based on sheer strength and endurance; his style was often deprecated.