Sentence examples for stands for mere from inspiring English sources
"It is pitted against character, because it is widely believed that intellect stands for mere cleverness, which transmutes easily into the sly or the diabolical.
Only Christ, the Wicket Gate, admits Christian into the right road, and before he can reach it he has to be shown his error in being impressed by the pompous snob Worldly Wiseman, who stands for mere negative conformity to moral and social codes.
The domed church of San Juan Capistrano, which stood for a mere six years before an earthquake toppled it in 1812, may be in picturesque ruins, but the sacred garden has the poised stillness of perfection.
One of the largest and most elaborate private houses ever built in the city, it stood for a mere 10 years.
"Grandmother" (grand-mere) stands for African ancestral wisdom, while grammar (the homonymous "grammaire") refers to the rules and techniques of moviemaking, a historically Western, paradigmatically modern art form.
They came up with "Tamere" which supposedly stands for "targeted meiotic recombination", but in French slang can also be "ta mere" which is shorthand for "nique ta mère", or "f*** your mother".
"It stands for something.
(rand stands for Research ANd Development).
PATH stands for Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing.
POES stands for Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite.
