Sentence examples for deemed mere from inspiring English sources
He has played the instrument since childhood, but in these circumstances, the glamorous pianism of Yefim Bronfman can hardly be deemed mere accompaniment; in Brahms's three violin sonatas, Mr. Bronfman may be hard put to keep from stealing the show.
But the facts that my milk never came in, that I was in excruciating pain from holding a 10-pound baby after a Caesarean section and that the baby seemed to cry nonstop for days from hunger were deemed mere glitches.
If a plane goes down over the ocean, it might be deemed mere engine failure.
If the POTUS recognizes that I have absconded with a national monument, deemed mere blight by his governing associates, what will he do?
What others may deem mere noise can, appropriately tuned, become a symphony of internal combustion.
In our cost-cutting business culture we are deemed as mere expensive "overhead".
Throughout much of the 20th century, the mannequin was deemed a mere vehicle for a look — the literal embodiment of fashion — and little else.
They were variously deemed a mere travelogue of lightly culled impressions; deficient in recognizing the sociopolitical issues that plague places like India or Brazil; self-indulgent vehicles for the repetition of stock devices and props; far too long and in need of a good edit.
"A moderate attitude," he lamented in his "History of The Peloponnesian War," "was deemed a mere shield for lack of virility, and a reasoned understanding with regard to all sides of an issue meant that one was indolent and of no use for anything".
The purely musical, too-lush or intoxicated poetry was deemed unworthwhile, mere picture-painting or horn-blowing.
As Men's Journal writes: "If Myhrvold wants to bridge his ideas to reality and not be deemed a mere opportunist, or monsteret, what better route to the public's love than through its stomach?" On a more cynical note: do you think Mhyrvold looked into whether any of these cooking ideas can be patented — and if so, have they been?
