Sentence examples for mere expressions of from inspiring English sources

They believed that mere expressions of support would be enough to calm the markets — and that they did not need to put in real commitments of emergency funds.

A couple of nights ago, I read a discussion on Twitter about "The Artist" between two terrific critics — Jaime Christley hoped to read some better arguments on its behalf than mere expressions of "delight" and Self-Styled Siren responded (though, in any case, didn't convince me).

They are not mere expressions of it.

These gestures were not limited to being mere expressions of fear, but they were also regarded as defensive practices designed to reduce the risk.

These purport to offer universal scientific truths about human nature that are, in fact, often mere expressions of ethical and political commitments of a particular society.

Findings revealed that food practices far from being mere expressions of individuals' choices or immutable habits are entities composed of meanings, materials, and competences that are structured as they are performed repeatedly in a social context.

Mere expression of intention is not adequate".

That it should be "retributive", a mere expression of society's rage, is primitive theology.

It cannot be stripped of all unpleasantness and made a mere expression of pique, eccentricity, or generalized political frustration.

Or was it a mere expression of the deeply ingrained belief, shared by Christian and Jew alike, that money has to stay in the family?

The frills on her frock, and the cell phones and legal details in his novel, are equally the mere expression of an an entire way of life, and, seen artistically, even of an entire life.