mere talk
Example Sentences
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The fact there was even the mere talk of disappointment at missing out on the Champions League illustrates what a superb season Nottingham Forest have had under Nuno Espirito Santo.
From BBC ● May 26, 2025
And while mere talk about guns might seem to have nothing to do with the right to keep or bear arms, the advocates contend that the Constitution is on their side.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2016
But with the group struggling with turnovers, rebounding and shooting against a Tulsa team that sat four games below .500, it all seemed mere talk.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2013
Tonight, all of that amounts to mere talk and we start to see where the action leads.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2011
Noor-ed-Deen said, Wilt thou hear our story in poetry or in prose?—Prose, answered the Khaleefeh, is mere talk; and verse, words put together like pearls.
From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous
