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Examples

  • The semi-sheer lipstick shades are particularly nice.

    Buy of the day 2010

  • A small air conditioner hummed in the window to the far left, and semi-sheer curtains muted the light.

    Highborn Yvonne Navarro 2010

  • Lady Gaga took to Twitter to share her latest style statement in a TwitPic taken from the friendly skies -- a semi-sheer tube top with Xs made of tape to block out any naughty parts.

    Lady Gaga Tweets Her Latest Style Statement (PHOTO) 2010

  • If the sun or misfortune has been unkind since age alone these days is not sufficient reason for damaged skin, then it's sometimes not a bad idea to have a sheer or semi-sheer bodice up to the neck, such as chiffon or lace, but I for one don't believe that age alone is sufficient reason to not wear it.

    Thinking about Prom, or Holiday? - A Dress A Day 2007

  • I've seen semi-sheer, as opposed to opaque, leggings stretched over body parts that rendered them still more sheer, and not in a way that flattered.

    An Open Letter to Mr. Mizrahi - A Dress A Day 2006

  • I've seen semi-sheer, as opposed to opaque, leggings stretched over body parts that rendered them still more sheer, and not in a way that flattered.

    An Open Letter to Mr. Mizrahi - A Dress A Day 2006

  • And you can just ignore the falsie-nipples worn underneath Joanna's semi-sheer bikini.

    Paranoid Pedestrian Ponderings 2003

  • The performers wore blond wigs and floor-length, sleeveless shifts made of cheap-looking and semi-sheer fabric Vitor Ramalhão supervised costumes.

    NYT > Home Page By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO 2011

  • The rose-print chiffon dresses were semi-sheer, revealing the Latex stockings beneath.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • When it finally did, the collection celebrated transparency, building out of layers of semi-sheer organza and blending colors into the many levels of the designs.

    NYT > Home Page By JESSICA MICHAULT 2011

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