Sentence examples for a mere inch from inspiring English sources

Sunken ships, their masts, could've been a mere inch from her big toe.

Toward the end of the first week of kindergarten, Alex showed up in class wearing hot-pink socks — a mere inch of a forbidden color.

That narrow miss by Djokovic had sealed Murray's first Grand Slam title, forever changing his career and reputation all in one swing, all by a mere inch.

Here in Washington, where lamenting the city's inability to deal with snow is a bipartisan affair, a trial run for what people are calling "Snowmaggedon 2016" did not go smoothly; a mere inch of snow brought Washington to a standstill on Wednesday night.

He won the silver medal, missing the gold by a mere inch and a half.

What did I do during this window in time when he was standing a mere inch away from me?

The sole of the shoe is a mere inch-and-a-half high, but for someone who lives in standard trainers and pumps, it feels like being on stilts.

But some critics described them as at best a mere inching forward.

Stenson's tee shot at the last held up a mere inches from a treacherous fairway bunker.

From VR to AR a mere inches from our eyes to screens on our wrists, to fridge doors in our kitchens, smart screens in retail, smart TVs on walls, connected photo frames to seat back screens, everything is becoming a cloud-connected screen on which to play videos.

Now we all have our own absent minded moments; mine occur at least three mornings a week when I can't remember if I poured water in my coffeemaker before flipping the "on" switch, never mind that my water tap and coffeemaker are a mere inches apart.