mere

Example Sentences

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In that context, what was a mere 47 years?

From Los Angeles Times

Of course, micro-dramas, which are scripted, filmed and released in mere months, don't offer the same quality or narrative depth as movies and streamed shows.

From BBC

On Friday, the Rouse Avenue court in Delhi criticised the CBI for "trying to construct a narrative of conspiracy on the basis of mere conjecture", legal news website Bar and Bench reported.

From BBC

Trusting the American public’s intelligence, he concluded, “a mere fraud could not have lived so long and spread so widely.”

From Literature

Nevertheless, this man, grown out of Flea Bottom’s gutters, appropriates the tradition by holding his vows as a representation of lived reality, rather than as a mere ritual or badge of social class.

From Salon