Sentence examples for they were mere from inspiring English sources

A generation ago they were mere gatekeepers.

They were mere cannon fodder for the Saturday boys.

They care little about a man who was indicted when they were mere babes.

The pair admit to having been in Salisbury – they were caught on CCTV – but say they were mere tourists.

They were mere BBs hurled at battleships, but they promised more time, time for better drugs, time for more life.

They were mere chatterers and fabricators of nonsense, too lazy to get off their backsides, he said in an interview.

"When installed, the beasts were mocked as too benign," the authors write, as if they were mere "large pussycats".

They are mere choices.

In China, they are mere spectators.

In reality, they are mere nominees.

They are mere cogs in the machine.