sheer necessity

Frequency: 6.57.1 per million words

used to emphasize how great or important the necessity is

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Examples (10)

  • It was out of sheer necessity that they had to sell their home.
  • The decision to work two jobs stemmed from sheer necessity to support his family.
  • They adapted to the harsh conditions driven by sheer necessity for survival.
  • For many, migration is not a choice but a matter of sheer necessity.
  • The new policy was introduced as a sheer necessity to prevent further economic collapse.
  • He learned to cook out of sheer necessity after moving away from home.
  • The villagers built their own dam through sheer necessity when no aid arrived.
  • What began as an experiment soon became a sheer necessity for the project's success.
  • Facing such extreme poverty, the act was born of sheer necessity.
  • The drastic measures were implemented due to sheer necessity in a crisis.