Sentence examples for get mere from inspiring English sources

This is a claim to get mere mortals scratching our heads.

Now, he said, wells sunk 100 feet deep get mere trickles and can be tapped only once or twice a day.

When the two finally make love, we get mere flashes of flesh in the shower: her arm, his back, her hip.

Even early failure would likely have been better politically than ultimate failure, after getting mere inches from the finish line.

Drain's memoir is useful because, unlike Theroux's two documentaries, it allows us to get beyond mere incredulity.

Richard Bove, a banking analyst at Punk, Ziegel & Co says Bear Stearns is bust – and people are lucky to get a mere $2-a-share 2-a-share 2-a-share payout

The 2.5 engine, which makes 168 horsepower, is still available on up-level models, though when paired with an automatic you get a mere 5 speeds.

According to Russia's respected business daily Vedomosti, Mrs Abramovich will get a mere $300m£155m5m) - much less than the $5.5bn suggested by much of the British press.

Not just below the level of comfortable living, but real poverty, in the old-fashioned sense of the word — that they are hard put to it to get the mere necessities, beginning with enough to eat.

Internal users by default get a mere 500 MB of storage each.

Start to monetize, à la Tumblr, and struggle, à la Tumblr, and you might only get a mere billion dollars!