Sentence examples for mere people from inspiring English sources

They lose their iconic aura and become mere people or else ciphers.

Before mere people were allowed to vote, those millions of publicly owned artworks had been whittled down to a longlist of just over a hundred by a committee of curators and other artfolk.

Each cat lounged in a cage draped like a boudoir, where it reclined at its ease like an Eastern prince or princess, gazing out with immense self-possession at the crowds of mere people filing past.

So it may seem odd that a scientist who designs unbreakable mathematical locks for protecting information is calling on e-commerce companies to put mere people back in the computer-security equation.

Thankfully, the more quotidian Frankfurt offerings were exalted by context alone, with a plethora of supercars and other exotics debuting alongside mere people movers.

He sees the potential for Watson cousins customized with analytics for cancer diagnosis, traffic pattern optimization and emergency planning devoid of the emotions that bedevil mere people.

It might have started out in 2000 as a list of a mere 50 people who were prepared to be "out", but it now champions 101 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people making a real difference.

For that matter, there was no reference to India (a mere billion people).

A mere 250 people – minuscule by Cannes standards – got an invite.

In contrast, population growth in the North is predicted to be a mere 600,000 people.

Yet although a mere 1.7m people attend its services regularly, its special status endures.