sheer fun

Frequency: 6.87.9 per million words

Emphasizes that enjoyment is the only or main reason for something.

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Examples (10)

  • It wasn't work at all—it was sheer fun.
  • We signed up for the dance class just for sheer fun.
  • The kids were having sheer fun in the snow all afternoon.
  • From start to finish, the festival was sheer fun.
  • He took the side project because it promised sheer fun, not money.
  • That spontaneous road trip was sheer fun for everyone involved.
  • She kept the game going for sheer fun, long after the score stopped mattering.
  • Learning to juggle turned out to be sheer fun once I got the hang of it.
  • Even the rehearsal felt like sheer fun rather than hard work.
  • We stayed up late, coding for sheer fun, not because we had to.