Sentence examples for mere longevity from inspiring English sources

Mere longevity was never the point of Jeter's greatness, anyway.

There is a reason, beyond mere longevity, that Wilkens has won more games than any other coach in N.B.A. history.

The explanation, of course, was not mere longevity, but the fact that he was extraordinarily influential as a teacher.

Along came Joe Regal, a literary agent, with the suggestion that a Paris Review anthology needed a "hook" more enticing than mere longevity.

Postscript: So, as I was saying, mere longevity was never the source of Derek Jeter's heroism, and the drawn-out attention to his pursuit of a milestone already eclipsed by twenty-seven other players was seeming a little excessive.

Few carousels whirl with the dizzying speed at which Chelsea send their managers flying – 16 in charge at Stamford Bridge during Ferguson's 27 years at Old Trafford – yet the achievements of Rafael Benítez as a stop-gap appointment suggest that mere longevity is not necessarily an asset.

Mere proximity in Princeton cannot explain such longevity in an exacting business.

The prophet Haggai's ministry was a mere bump in the road from a longevity standpoint, lasting less than four months during the second year of the reign of the Persian King Darius (Haggai 1 1,15; 2 1,10).

And on the national level, the size and longevity of Mr Bush's lead is less important than the mere fact of it.

Second, it would need to have longevity and a verifiable record of peace -- assertively opposing violence, rather than mere condemnation.

Reflecting no mere nervousness about historical relativism or what he calls "presentism," "Thinking Back" is haunted by the problem of longevity in the writing of history.