Sentence examples for mere from inspiring English sources
The word "mere" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it as an adjective to describe something that is small, insignificant, or basic in comparison to something else. For example: "The mere thought of the task was overwhelming.".
Despite the president's deliberate attempt to talk down the markets and the media's dramatic warnings of economic Armageddon posed by a mere 17% of the government remaining temporarily idle, the S&P 500 closed at a record high the day after the shutdown ended.
Lynch went on to emphasize "this wasn't a mere deletion of a few words but a full-fledged blackout of 28 pages of the report".
Support for Welsh independence, Plaid's signature policy, is on a mere 6%.
Duncan has a mere six months to go, so it's worth checking out his progress.
All of which makes you wonder if it's mere coincidence that he's chosen to give his first interview in the week that the job of next director-general was advertised, or that the chosen venue is the so-called "Tsar's Bar" in a hotel opposite Broadcasting House (where the DG and BBC Broadcast are both based) rather than the Production tsar's own HQ in White City.
In a week where Gentleman Jim Davidson has won Celebrity Big Brother, you might find yourself wondering whether there is any semi-pariah in British life who, by mere virtue of hanging around long enough, would not eventually find themselves restored to some sort of vogue given the right passage of time.
The DfE reportedly views the setback as a mere technicality that will be put right by the forthcoming education bill.
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