Sentence examples for a mere relic from inspiring English sources

He stiffened, and indicated that we dare not, then turned around and disappeared back down the path, too proud of his heritage to be taken for a mere relic.

Sadly, much of the reef system is a mere relic of Danajon's booming primordial past and in the water, I was immediately struck by the absence of fish.

The Declaration of Independence would be a mere relic had it proclaimed that "all men are created equal, except for men of certain races, and women are not equal at all".

Members of Congress must stand up for women and girls to end domestic violence now, so that our daughters and granddaughters -- their daughters and granddaughters -- will one day know domestic violence as a rarity, a mere relic of a bygone era.

Thought many Labour supporters regard the upper house as a mere feudal relic in need of being drastically overhauled, if not discarded, it is hard to deny that it can produce - as it did on this occasion - debates that are better, wittier, and less handicapped by Party considerations than those in Commons.

"What was once a mere legislative relic has now been weaponized," said Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va).

His virulent Jew-baiting was no mere relic of Catholic antisemitism; it was integral to Protestant identity and a Protestant sense of election as God's anointed people.

Then you notice the neon lights that wash its Doric columns in blue and purple and the Hollywood Regency décor (damask wallpaper, lots of lacquer) in the lobby, and you realize: This hotel is no mere relic.

It seems dangerous to take these images too lightly, as mere relics of a sexist time.

But with our modern ways they are increasingly regarded as mere relics," says Jiyid Ould Abdi, the head of Mauritania's Scientific Research Institute.

The problems reviewed above belong to the past a past extending through centuries rather than to the present; of their mis-stated questions and misconceived solutions there now remain mere relics and superstitions which affect academic treatises more than they do the consciousness and culture of ordinary people.