Sentence examples for was mere from inspiring English sources

This was mere mannerism.

Presumably, this was mere electioneering.

This was mere distraction.

Any other approach was "mere philandering".

What came before yesterday was mere skirmishing.

All the rest was mere ostentation.

But this was mere "puffery"—harmless exaggeration.

It is possible, of course, that this was mere storytelling.

To many of them, the flag was mere cloth.

But all of that was mere conjecture last Friday night.

Plenty of that nose thumbing was mere gimmickry and gambolling.