Sentence examples for mere citizen from inspiring English sources
"When I was a mere citizen I got angry at things such as an abandoned plot of land next door to me.
"Here the priest is a mere citizen who has a job that many others don't do," he said, driving around his parish in his white Renault Clio, where a tiny soccer ball hangs from the rearview mirror.
The dethroned New York governor, a full year into the role of mere citizen, has thrust himself into the strident debate over the spending habits of the government dependent A.I.G.
The truth is buried beneath layers of arcane language and political manipulation a mere citizen can scarcely hope to dig through.
Citizens are innocent until proven guilty, but Prime Ministers are not mere citizens.
The Onion has been tormenting Trump for close to twenty years, beginning back when he was a mere citizen-object of scorn, with headlines like 2012's "Donald Trump Stares Forlornly at Tiny, Aged Penis in Mirror Before Putting On Clothes, Beginning Day" and, from 2013, "When You're Feeling Low, Just Remember I'll Be Dead in About 15 or 20 Years".
With the stroke of a pen, we, mere citizens, become We the People.
As if anyone cares what we mere citizens have to say about all of this!
What if mere citizens were to adopt the philosophy of outreach and act on behalf of peace rather than conflict.
This move on the part of certain segments of the U.S. intelligence community comes amidst a campaign to make Iceland a safe haven for information freedom at a time when a very large portion of humanity has no legal assurances of being able to access knowledge regardless of whether or not various governments deem it appropriate for mere citizens.
The opioid epidemic constitutes an infinitely greater danger than "Islamic radicalism". Yet having been sold a bill of goods about a "war on terror" that is essential for "keeping America safe," mere citizens are easily persuaded that scattering U.S. troops throughout the Islamic world while dropping bombs on designated evildoers is helping win the former while guaranteeing the latter.
