Sentence examples for mere stuff from inspiring English sources

Tyler's plots are the mere stuff of family albums, really — a procession of marriages, births, deaths.

It is those institutions — not mere stuff — that underpin authentic value.

But with nearly a thousand New Orleanians dead after the storm, how could we justify much sorrow over mere stuff?

The mere stuff or matter is not yet the real thing; it needs a certain form or essence or function to complete it.

Neither filmmaker assumes the facility or immediacy of expression, both find the mere stuff of reality a resistant block that they hack away at when filming.

What I've found, as I've hunted, is more than mere stuff: I've tapped into the soul of the cities and the towns I've visited.

But there was nothing along the lines of last year's extraordinary metaphor comparing Russia to a bear in the forest, with the west trying to tear out its teeth and claws until it became a mere stuffed toy.

For Hitchcock, the merest stuff of existence brings inevitable punishment.

This is not mere horoscope stuff.

This was mere playground stuff compared with the day's killer punch, delivered by Armstrong.

Motion gaming is cute, but if I can only wave my arms six inches, how does this really feel like I'm doing true accurate motion gaming?" Tretton also waved off Nintendo's line of 3DS handheld devices, including the recent glasses-free Nintendo 3DS, calling the devices mere kiddie stuff.