Sentence examples for in the mere from inspiring English sources

I took comfort in the mere act of advice seeking.

This is leading students like me to lose faith in the mere possibility of college.

No one quakes anymore in the mere presence of the Williams sisters.

Despite the titles of James's books, only rarely does he deal in the mere emanation, or the barely there.

One feels too confined,    Sifting the April sunlight for clues,    In the mere stillness of the ease of its    Parameter.

Residents are focused on the cooling to come, with forecasts for the weekend in the mere high 90s.

Though in the mere matter of inches he towered above everybody else, it was a tower which cringed.

It takes more satisfaction in a complete loss on supposed principle than in a partial victory, let alone in the mere avoidance of worse outcomes.

The need to look beyond the mirror and see beauty in the mere fact of existence is more vital today than ever.

Kentucky civilians responded to Confederate General Braxton Bragg's call for tens of thousands of volunteers with numbers in the mere hundreds.

We are driven back on the supposition that Sen. Russell detects a special intrinsic merit in the mere fact of being an American citizen.