Sentence examples for for mere stage from inspiring English sources

But it's a failing that the directors have used the Bronte story for mere stage directions.

The past is mere stage set for a morality play with a foregone conclusion.

Will Blythe correctly argues, in his review of "The Son," by Philipp Meyer (June 16), that in good historical novels the past ought not to be a "mere stage set for a morality play," with heroes possessed of "glittering modern consciences".

For most southern European artists of the 17th century, however, drawing was a mere stage in the creation of a painting.

And yet, characteristically, it is also a curtain falling, a mere stage effect.

It starts by genuflecting to Iowa and New Hampshire, which have become mere stages for the political and news industries.

It's a mistake to think that directors were mere staging-machines for ironclad scripts; and the greater an artist the director was, and the stronger an artistic personality the director had, the likelier it was that the script was decisively altered by that director (usually uncredited).

Insiders and experts, however, say the rift is definitive and not mere stage-fighting.

In our case, the surgery was restricted to a mere staging and this might have worsened treatment efficacy.

But despite Jerry's entreaties after the show, Dean never rejoined him on stage or even for mere social interaction.

"For mere fantasy is never enough.