Sentence examples for mere appearance from inspiring English sources

He holds that here touch corrects vision, making the stick appear to be straight, and so belief renders the appearance mere appearance.

The mere appearance of civility.

But their mere appearance leads to harsher discrimination, officials said.

Like other great comedians of the world, his mere appearance brought anticipatory laughter from the audience.

Indeed, past presidents have sometimes paid dearly for the mere appearance of a lie.

The mere appearance of conflict is just as much of a problem.

Jordan's mere appearance is enough to haul out a collection of superlatives.

Dogs far more than humans sniff out something deeper than mere appearance.

But political watchdogs contend that the mere appearance of a connection undermines the public trust.

In other words, the mere appearance of authority can extract false information.

The mere appearance of the pages, therefore, is a delight in itself.