mere

[mɪr]

Definition:
1. A small pond of standing water.
2. Being nothing more than specified.
3. Apart from anything else; without additions or modifications.

Use 'mere' in a sentence:

1. There is more to good health than the mere absence of disease.
2. No mere ferule will answer for this offence.
3. The merest hint of smoke is enough to make her feel ill.
4. Of the sonnet eleven of the lines are mere padding and say nothing.
5. For as a result of confusing the real world of nature with mere signs.
6. Believe me, it's the least I can do, a mere trifle.
7. It is too early to say whether the threats are mere sabre-rattling.
8. $1 000 is a mere trifle to her.
9. Such spending is not mere vanity.
10. He already knows he has the job so the interview is a mere formality.
11. The problems went deeper than mere teething difficulties.
12. Tickets are a mere £ 7.50 at the door.
13. Mere acquaintances hugged and kissed each other and cried.
14. Acceleration to 60 mph takes a mere 5.7 seconds.
15. The mere fact that they were prepared to talk was encouraging.
16. The American came from behind to snatch victory by a mere eight seconds.
17. A mere 2% of their budget has been spent on publicity.
18. His mere presence made her feel afraid.
19. Some contracts are a mere formality.
20. With the Cold War almost over, the talks were a mere formality.
21. I think their crime is a blacker one than mere exploitation.
22. It is mere surmise that Bosch had Brant's poem in mind when doing this painting.
23. She hesitated for the merest fraction of a second.
24. Sixty percent of teachers are women, but a mere five percent of women are principals.
25. Today that word implies mere imitation.
26. It took her a mere 20 minutes to win.
27. The mere mention of John had touched a very raw nerve indeed.
28. The mere fact of being poor makes such children criminals in the eyes of the police.
29. Such things are not for mere mortals like ourselves.
30. Is his promotion evidence of the minorities' advance, or mere tokenism?
31. You've got the job. The interview will be a mere formality.
32. We don't consider our customers to be mere consumers; we consider them to be our friends.
33. $ 1 000 is a mere trifle to her.
34. In Poland, the faith has always meant more than mere religion.
35. When faced with an authority figure mere conformity can be transformed into obedience.
36. He's a mere slip of a lad compared to his brother.
37. The mere thought of eating made him feel sick.
38. It cost a mere bagatelle.
39. It took her a mere 20 minutes to dispose of her opponent.
40. The mere mention of food had triggered off hunger pangs.
41. He seemed so young, a mere boy.
42. He greeted us with a mere twitch of his head.
43. He flung himself down in the flat submissive posture of a mere supplicant.
44. Mere words, unaccompanied by any violence, cannot amount to an assault.
45. The measures seem to be mere window dressing that won't solve the problem.
46. She'd never received the merest hint of any communication from him.