Sentence examples for mere only from inspiring English sources

After bumping over frozen ruts in lanes bordered by frost-decorated hedges, I reached the mere, only to find the fog hanging in a dense curtain; indistinct lumps on the water, just beyond the fringe of ice, were birds, but what kinds it was almost impossible to tell.

But non-violence will become more than a mere homily only when it is taught accurately as a form of critique in our curriculum, particularly in relation to narratives about violence we confront in our bloodlust-driven media culture today.

And how about those ones who start off as mere minions, only to end up flying high at the top?

There are those, though, who revel in the puckish thrill of gliding where mere mortals only plod.

In terms of the argument, Śāntarakṣita argues "that which is cause and effect is mere consciousness only.

Because this episode lasts a mere 1000 years, only a few stars show the typical band in their spectrum, Waters says.

Virgin Mobile USA had 4.88 million customers at the end of March, and first quarter net income jumped to $15.4 million from a mere $3.38 million only a year earlier.

We can't be complacent enough to believe that we've lost these mere battles only to have won the war in Obama's election.