Sentence examples for a mere mention from inspiring English sources

A mere mention of the teeming nation's untapped marketing potential is enough to make Bernie Ecclestone drool.

Back then, a mere mention of God and faith was a mark of defiance, a challenge to Communism's ideological supremacy.

Their response might vary from a mere mention of the most celebrated Immortals to whole works inspired directly by specific Daoist texts and practices.

A mere mention of armies or battle was enough to spark tumbling runs that would have made Olympic gymnasts look like the amateurs they (presumably) are.

But now, despite the outpouring of love his mother and sister showed for McGrath, a mere mention of the Irishman's name brings down a wall.

Vietnam, which is introduced briefly in the play — a mere mention carrying with it the historical weight of what was to come — was finally the thing that Johnson couldn't talk his way out of.

She even had a misguided brush with Aqua-esque pop in the shape of 2012's Oops ("You did not use a rubber and I think we made an oops"), the mere mention of which almost causes Kiesza to fall off her chair in horror.

This slim volume, despite its faults, provides a crucial dissenting opinion in a world where the mere mention of Google (or rather, Google's money) can act as a conversation ender.

The library's journey from wish to reality involved an additional element — the mere mention of which makes a certain kind of conspiracy theorist tingle, like a villain emerging from a cloud of white smoke and twirling his moustache: Goldman Sachs.

Being far from a natural linguist myself – mere mention of verb conjugation brings me out in a cold sweat – this might have seemed like folly.

After a while, she knew the mere mention of the name might draw a furrowed brow or a sideways glance.