Sentence examples for it will be mere from inspiring English sources

But it will be mere observation rather than a loss of respect which is worst.

And every time you lace up, you know it'll be mere moments before you hear that familiar sound of rubber to pavement.

In this view, the Chinese economy will fairly soon grow rather naturally into supporting its current capital structure, and its downturns will be mere hiccups, not busts.

But increasingly it seems that those who seek to block climate action will be mere footnotes in history.

Anything less will be mere rhetoric or familiar melodrama.

But they will be mere flecks in a torrent of utility.

Shifting more Medicaid costs to the states will be mere make-believe if federal financing is drastically cut.

Because of a 14-minute communications gap between the two planets, scientists on Earth will be mere spectators.

Some fear that the women swept into office will be mere figureheads or the wives of former officials, taking up space but offering little value.

In time, last year's earthquake and tsunami and floods will be mere blips in the GDP of Japan and Thailand, thanks to the rapid reconstruction made possible by the same wealth that meant the disasters were so costly to start with.

Without effective reform, the derivative-driven financial crisis in the United States that exploded in 2008, and the Greek debt crisis, circa 2010, will be mere way stations on the road to greater calamities.