Sentence examples for a mere image from inspiring English sources

"It was like the face of a statue, fixed, perdurable, a mere image of irresponsible and involuntary authority".

If anything, what is causing the most fear in our country is a mere image — the graphical image of that up-and-down stock-market line graph, careening over time to new lows and temporary highs.

The condition is named for Narcissus, a beautiful youth in Greek mythology who fell in love with his own reflection and then pined away, not realizing the object of his fancy was a mere image.

"Secondary" beauty is a mere "image" or "resemblance" of true beauty.

Another form of sacrifice involves the burning of Joss paper, or Hell Bank Notes, on the assumption that images thus consumed by the fire will reappear not as a mere image, but as the actual item in the spirit world, making them available for revered ancestors and departed loved ones.

Or exploit Jenner like The New York Daily News did when it published paparazzi photos on its front page of Jenner alongside the headlines "First look at the new Jenner" and "Bruce in a dress," treating the mere image of a (then still alleged) trans person as a spectacle to gawk at and inviting readers to feel shock.

For many who have witnessed a Streamline hearing, the mere image of men and women shackled at the wrist, belly, and ankles being collectively herded through the legal process is enough to shock the conscience.

Another former G.I., who had been a German prisoner for more than a year, reported to the company a decade later that the mere image of Coke had given him the will to live.

The mere image of Chris Evans and a saddle is enough to turn anyone's stomach.

When the studio asked their star if Welles might play the villain, Heston said: "If you've got Welles, why not let him direct, too?" In the late 1950s, Cahiers du Cinema said Heston was "axiomatic" - meaning his mere image was suggestive of a whole continent of stories, of strong leaders troubled by ethics or conscience.

It must be a mere mental image of a star that he is directly aware of.