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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a mere bite" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is insignificant or minor, often in a context where one might expect a more serious or substantial issue.
Example: "After the long hike, I was surprised to find that the only injury I sustained was a mere bite from a mosquito."
Alternatives: "just a bite" or "only a bite".
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It was a mere bite on a toothpick, but very revealing.
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On the one side are these colossal Proustian memory bullies who get 1,800 pages of recollection out of a mere cookie-bite.
But the most amazing thing about Presque Isle is its size: a mere 323 acres — a bite-size piece of wilderness, yet endlessly interesting.
The same terrified joy one feels as they strangle themselves with a belt until they are reduced to a mere kernel of being--biting a lemon at the moment of orgasm in order to shock the senses--then the mallet strikes the drum skin and back to life I return, defibrillated by the rhythm.
"Walk into the shreds of flames/ they will not bite into your flesh/ you will understand that you too/ are a mere appearance/ dreamt by another".
For a mere $10 a night, audiences can sample a mixed program and, with some luck, be bitten by the dance bug.
Not a "mere" tweaker.
A mere handful.
A mere chardonnay, perhaps.
A mere $1 billion.
They cost a mere $2,900.
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