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'mere' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'mere' with 18 example sentences.


mere adjective

: being nothing more than specified

: apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

mere noun

: 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.
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