Sentence examples for become a mere from inspiring English sources

Yet Bangs refused to let criticism become a mere recounting.

It was a vile indignity: still-warm bodies become a mere logistical chore.

The investigation, say some, has become a mere pretext to round up the government's critics.

Otherwise, you don't differentiate yourself and you become a mere blur, she said.

The expert can become a mere pedant or, worse, a narrow obsessive, knowing everything about nothing.

The Duma has become a mere sounding board for the authorities.

Gen. McChrystal made it clear that he did not want the conference to become a mere talk-fest.

The recent elections were another example of how national security has become a mere political game for wannabe Afghan leaders.

"The Greens have become a mere echo of the S.P.D.," Mr. Metzger said, referring to the Social Democratic Party.

The president of the council may become a mere summit-chair, or the global face of Europe: it depends who is appointed to the post.

By 1917 Ozenfant was disillusioned with Cubism, feeling that it had sacrificed its original purity and rigour and had become a mere decorative vehicle.