Sentence examples for a mere two from inspiring English sources

'a mere two' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to emphasize that something is a surprisingly small amount of something, or that something is not what it appears to be. For example: "I expected there to be a dozen eggs in the carton, but there were a mere two."

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It had conceded a mere two goals.

The concept: a mere two categories.

Hosokawa's successor, Hata Tsutomu, lasted a mere two months.

London's games are a mere two years away.

The sun will rise again in a mere two hours.

Artisée has only 27 shops; Ozen a mere two.

All this takes place in a mere two days.

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So, a mere two hundred and fifty to go.

took a mere two-week maternity pause.

Prohibition had been repealed a mere two years earlier.

Why stop at a mere two-colour signalling system?

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