Sentence examples for seemed a mere from inspiring English sources

The suggestion of a legal proceeding seemed a mere fantasy.

Its old corporate slogan, "You can be sure of Shell", seemed a mere statement of fact.

So rigid gender roles have always seemed a mere convention to me.

Likewise, Polizzi's suggestion that Chough's expand into frozen Cornish pasties seemed a mere hunch.

It seemed a mere series of gestures leading nowhere, a pantomime of seduction without a lot of musical interest.

Unsurprisingly, it seemed a mere ricochet from a talent that had already hit many targets; it had an interrupted energy.

Those seasons now seem a mere prelude to remarkable turns he took after them.

For some clubs, football seems a mere excuse for more lucrative, and murkier, pursuits.

This might at first glance seem a mere caprice, but it is not.

The threat of terrorists hitting Indian Point makes the possibility of an infected mosquito seem a mere annoyance.

A drama will be performed in Germany in contrast with which the French Revolution will seem a mere peaceful idyll".