Sentence examples for merely conspicuous from inspiring English sources

So I'm not talking about merely conspicuous consumption, but crass consumption, maybe even pharaonic consumption.

Is it just conspicuous consumption?

The Orion Nebula, for example, is merely a conspicuous ionized region on the nearby face of a much larger dark cloud; the H II region is almost entirely produced by the ionization provided by a single hot star, one of the four bright central stars (the Trapezium) identified by Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens in 1656.

However, from census data collected in several countries it is apparent that this phenomenon has not occurred in isolation from processes taking place in landscapes as a whole; the fate of such highly prized communities is merely one conspicuous element in a widespread attrition affecting both species-rich and species-poor ecosystems.

Today, new evidence emerged that the Christian Democrats were merely the most conspicuous practitioners of a broadly shared system.

The private-school parents listed by The News -- and other prominent ones like Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jesse Jackson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver -- are merely the most conspicuous refugees.

They may respond to the following prompt: "In today's society, to what extent are sweet sixteens and other coming-of-age parties celebrations of young adulthood and to what extent are they merely 'displays of conspicuous consumption,' and why?

Palmdale is merely a more conspicuous example of a deep transformation affecting scores of cities around the country, one of the main reasons that the economic impact of this new kind of battle will be far different from that of past wars.

In Asia, Burma and Sri Lanka are merely the most conspicuous examples of continuing repression.

Hoenle's refurbished chalet is conspicuous not merely because it eschews the flags of St George and stone piglets wheeling barrows filled with tulips so beloved by his neighbours.

Newt is merely the latest and most conspicuous example of this Insane Idea Factory in action.