Sentence examples for a mere bounce from inspiring English sources

After being told the past year it was just a new bubble, excess liquidity sloshing frightfully back into stocks, a mere bounce in a secular bear market, the end of capitalism and other such drivel, the U.S. investing public is being treated to a brand new bull market in equities characterized by technology innovation and strong foreign demand for what this country does.

Using a putter, he gives the ball a mere kiss, letting gravity bounce it down the stairs and slowly toward the dogleg.

Hers didn't have too much spring and the ball used to test it bounced a mere 7 centimeters.

So of course the market's dead cat bounce is a mere bagatelle, an island in the midst of troubled waters that is itself sinking into the Sargasso Sea of despond.

The process -- involving a mere 15 minutes a day of bouncing on a minitrampoline -- is said to be good for cleansing the lymphatic system, all while you grin like an idiot.

Nico Muhly's "Stride" (2006) covers ample stylistic ground in a mere eight minutes: you hear a bouncing chordal figure that calls to mind Sibelius's Second Symphony early in the piece, a Philip Glass-style undulating major second not far into it and patches of Neo-Classical elegance and Tchaikovsky-like lugubriousness in the home stretch.

Then came the unnerving bounce and, as you can see from the table, I jumped ship to take a mere profit of £32.50.

Not a "mere" tweaker.

A mere handful.

A mere chardonnay, perhaps.

A mere $1 billion.