'mere' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'mere' with 18 example sentences.
- mere adjective
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: being nothing more than specified
: apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
- mere noun
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: a small pond of standing water
Quantum physics is too difficult for a mere mortal to understand.
The mere sight of blood makes him faint.
A home is more than a mere building.
You're no longer a mere child.
It was a mere formality.
The mere thought of a snake makes me shiver.
The mere sight of the doctor made my cousin afraid.
The mere idea of swimming across the river made me tremble.
It's a mere drop in the ocean.
The mere thought of it is enough to make me happy.
I think it is a mere coincidence.
We're not gods, but mere men.
The mere sight of a snake makes her sick.
A mere 529 spectators watched the game.
Pets offer us more than mere companionship.
I'm a mere tourist.
Computers can be thought of as mere calculating machines.
That's a mere mistake.