Sentence examples for mere sentence from inspiring English sources

In a mere sentence he demolished the younger man's reading of Kirkegaard.

Had a mere sentence of hers ever had such an effect before?

The dissolution of his first marriage is dealt with in a few sentences; the birth of his son garners a mere sentence fragment.

Each item consisted of a mere sentence, using the same striking verb, describing a bobcat spotted in the headlights of a truck.

Baedeker, however, had little to say about Mallaig itself, devoting a mere sentence to the village: "Mallaig... with a large pier, the prettily situated little terminus of the railway, is a good centre for excursion".

These are complex, multi-faceted concepts that can't be explained in a mere sentence or two.

It is still illegal to be gay in Uganda – until 2014 it was punishable by death but now carries a mere life sentence – and it is against this turbulent backdrop that Chris Urch's play (his second after Land Of My Fathers) places Dembe, a Ugandan with a virulently anti-gay pastor brother, and Sam, a Northern Irish doctor, as they try to conceal their relationship from friends and family.

The address Trump delivered on June 16 bore no resemblance to his prepared text, which contained a mere two sentences about immigration.

So, it is no small surprise that the hottest form of online advertising is now paid listings on search engines -- a mere two sentences that make a banner ad appear epic by comparison.

A mere four sentences, the article begins: "I was last Saturday much pleased in witnessing a company of active young men playing the manly and athletic game of 'base ball' at the Retreat in Broadway (Jones').

Indeed, the mere number of sentences imposed here would not place the United States at the top of the incarceration lists.