I was mere days away from starting a new job at the best theatre in the world, with no idea how I was going to prove myself worthy.
An odd scent wafted up over me and I was sadded to find that I was mere inches away from a very unpleasant evening.
Finally, I am mere a mouthpiece for my mom, who belongs to the generation of typewriters and ink pen.
So assuming I was mere weeks away from fellating strangers for meth, my mum argued with me for the next hour or so about my life choices.
"For anyone to come out and say that it's a specific person, a specific occupation, or a specific type is unfair and I think it's mere suspicion, it's mere speculation," Detective Smith said.
"I just think it's mere coincidence," Baker said before last night's game, dismissing the idea that the pitch had intimidated or otherwise affected Lofton.
Still, I don't think it is mere pedantry that makes me fret about the letter of the choreography's being lost.
I'd put my face up so close that I'd be mere centimetres away from the picture of a girl's body.
I'd put my face up so close that I'd be mere centimeters away from the picture of a girl's body.
But that, I accept, is mere mental doodling.
