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.