Sentence examples for mere stopped from inspiring English sources

Despite one of the most highly documented records of accurate economic and investment forecasts, I'm dismissed as a mere "stopped clock" finally having his "day in the spotlight" due to luck and aggressive marketing.

These new volumes are mere stops along the way for poems that embody the "dispositional axis from stone to wind, wind to stone".

Written off by many as a mere stop-gap when he took office in August as Russia's prime minister, Vladimir Putin is now a leading contender to replace his sponsor, President Boris Yeltsin.

Better schools, more government assistance and reforms are mere stop-gaps compared to the online world that has endless, up-to-date information, tips and self-instruction.

MONUSCO, the UN stabilisation mission in the DROC, delivered mattresses and a food load in December of 2013, but it was a mere stop-gap effort.

Here was one of the world's best violinists playing his heart out, and even as his enchanting melodies echoed through the hallways of Washington Metro, none but a mere few stopped to even take notice!

At best, thesauruses are mere rest stops in the search for the mot juste.

"I just can't get over it," Rachel says earnestly, "all these megacities springing up overnight, the nonstop economic boom". But when the craziness does end for some of the characters, there's the sense that these are mere pit stops in a world that will just go "China rich -ing without them.

The workers saw the consultants' work as a mere formality and stopped worrying.

These threats represent a sophisticated pre-planned program that include the Schick attack and may get worse if the mere threats are stopped.

The subway (which costs a mere 30 cents) stopped running, Shanghai's super high-speed Maglev airport rail link similarly shuttered and even bus options severely dwindled.