Sentence examples for began a mere from inspiring English sources

The trial began a mere 11 weeks after the killing and lasted just three days.

Since the African emigrations began, a mere 7,000 generations have passed.

Like I said, none of that is surprising, but what is surprising is that in 2002, which began a mere three and a half months after 9/11, we saw a huge drop in anti-Muslim hate crimes.

Scavenging, or eating the carcasses of dead animals left by (or stolen from) predators like lions, was probably replaced by active hunting and accumulation of wild plants about 55,000 years ago, and agriculture seems to have begun a mere 10,000 years ago.

Even in 1996, well after the city's modern renaissance had begun, a mere 20 inches caused power cuts, closed down several Broadway shows and gave the city's control-freak mayor, Rudy Giuliani, a chance to shut the city streets to non-emergency traffic and, as the New York Times put it, "all but declare martial law".

But this journey had begun a mere 16 hours earlier, in a very different setting.

Surprisingly, considering its popularity, Chubby Hubby began as a mere "experiment". In early 2005, while working for Singapore's National Arts Council, Koh was planning a writer's festival.

Over the same period, work began on a mere 3,694 properties funded by the proceeds – a replacement rate of around one home for every 11 sold.

In the past six months, construction began on a mere 1,746 social homes – with zero starts in the north-west and 12 in the north-east.

Each episode began with a mere handful of cases, most of them nonfatal, involving mostly run-of-the-mill symptoms like fevers.

Over about 15 years, what began as a mere group meal has evolved into a cherished ritual, a feast during which we stop just short of chucking bones over our shoulders to the dogs.