Sentence examples for after mere from inspiring English sources

The sky lightens, and after mere minutes the night ends.

In line with the halo associated with green consumerism, people act more altruistically after mere exposure to green than conventional products.

By massing colours into abstract blocks rather than striving after mere mimesis, the artist offers a self-conscious commentary on the possibilities and limits of watercolour.

The Fed last month postponed the easing of its bond buying program — after mere talk of such a move had earlier driven up market interest rates and provoked an outflow of capital from developing countries.

In a country that invented the internet, let alone the interstate, where computers are replaced every two years and iPhones tossed out after mere months, this is beyond pokey.

I've always been afraid of video games — not afraid that I wouldn't like them, but that I would like them too much, and that after mere seconds in front of any particularly bright and absorbing game, I would abandon all ambition, turn into a mouth-breathing zombie, and develop a wide, sofa-shaped rear end.

By Susan Orlean December 17, 2010 I've always been afraid of video games — not afraid that I wouldn't like them, but that I would like them too much, and that after mere seconds in front of any particularly bright and absorbing game, I would abandon all ambition, turn into a mouth-breathing zombie, and develop a wide, sofa-shaped rear end.

A related response suggests that Descartes was after mere psychological certainty (Loeb 1992).