Examples of 'mere child' in a sentence

Meaning of "mere child"

Mere child is a phrase used to highlight or emphasize someone's young age or immaturity. It suggests that the person being referred to is very young or inexperienced in a particular area or aspect. This phrase is often used to emphasize the youthfulness or naivety of an individual in a given situation

How to use "mere child" in a sentence

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mere child
I am just a mere child looking for my mother.
There was a time when you were a mere child.
I was a mere child when she struck.
For this child is no mere child.
He was a mere child when we took him in.
I will bet you were a mere child.
You are a mere child in an adult world.
I would never destroy a mere child.
Thinking he was a mere child made me careless.
A mere child with her whole life ahead of her.
You are nothing but a mere child.
Even a mere child can guess their ulterior motive.
You are no longer a mere child.
It is a mere child compared to tennis.
All this argument for the sake of a mere child.

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You were a mere child then.
A mere child can play it.
Because you were a mere child.
No mere child could have created a model volcano that precise.
He is not to be treated as a mere child.
He assumes dimensions that no mere child of earth could possibly support.
But a mere child cannot create something out of thin air.
She is a mere child.
I know you are aware of this but my grandson is but a mere child.
Tom is a mere child.
When but a mere child the degradation and helpless misery of the poor.
Outwitted by a mere child.
I never thought a mere child would be able to use the second tier elemental power.
This is no mere child.
I was a mere child when Nucky brought me to your father.
You are a mere child.
Natalie Portman first gained recognition when she was still a mere child.
With our ruler dead and a mere child on the throne.
I was a mere child when I left the stage.
When he was a mere child.
When he was a mere child Bandits killed his whole family.
This is a fair and clear reason which even a mere child can easily understand.
They send a mere child out alone with such a treasure?
I have lived here since I was a mere child.
He is a mere child.
She 's just clinging to you like a mere child.
Charlie was a mere child when I saw him last.
But even I never predicted my most hated foe was a mere child named Peter Parker.
When she was a mere child of eleven, she had a terrible adventure ; a footman violated her.
When we first knew each other, you were a mere child.
I must have been a mere child when I opened this account.
Above all, he did not have a need to exploit a mere child.
Thinking he was a mere child made me careless . That was close.
I couldn't believe the hero that cleared sao was a mere child.
I am just a mere child looking for my mother . So have you.

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