Sentence examples for mere first from inspiring English sources

Brush off failures as mere first steps towards success.

"Of course, these new guidelines are incomplete and are mere first steps as we continue to push back against continued, widespread surveillance and injustice".

"Of course, these new guidelines are incomplete and are mere first steps as we continue to push back against continued widespread surveillance and injustice". .

While authorities agree that the Justice Department's decision is significant, it is a mere first step on the road toward legalizing casino gambling in cyberspace.

They raced for mere seconds.

The Olympic-scale margin: a mere tenth of a degree.

The city got a mere fifth of its desperately needed windfall.

And dry land is a mere third of the Earth's surface.

Sometimes we have mere seconds, barely more than a Gladwellian blink, to plead our best cases.

The flirting lasted mere seconds, but it was longer in Lee's mind.

Unsurprisingly, "vomit" is understood by 98% of people, but "orally" by a mere third.