Sentence examples for could be mere from inspiring English sources

Some hacks could be mere practical jokes, albeit messy ones.

The Thom(p sons could be meaningful, or they could be mere attendants.

Thanks to Robin Guarino's clever directing, an opera that could be mere bumbling slapstick is sharp, with snappy comic timing.

Some terrorism experts said the support for McCain could be mere bluster by a group that may have more to fear from a McCain presidency.

So it could be mere coincidence that I kept noticing the inroads that electronic dance music has made in an indie realm that used to equate the authentic with the handmade.

If I am reading it correctly, it is something like an incredulous denial that we could be "mere automatons," given our capacities for innovation and creativity.

Of course, there is no data to support this, and it could well be mere curmudgeonly grumbling.

How could they be mere onlookers, with no opinion of the people and the political goings-on around them?

More recently, could it be mere coincidence that Speaker Newt Gingrich, who liked to compare Mr. Clinton's behavior in office to the forces that led the Roman republic to ruin, has been replaced by a former high school wrestling coach?

The extra material would be a challenge, since it could not be mere padding it would have to feel as if it had always been there, an organic part of the film.

The nearest, according to astronomers, could be a mere 12 light years away.