Examples of 'were mere' in a sentence
Meaning of "were mere"
were mere - suggests that something or someone was only a small or insignificant part of a larger whole
How to use "were mere" in a sentence
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were mere
The people were mere spectator of the party.
Some were friends but others were mere acquaintances.
There were mere seconds left on the clock.
Those high priests were mere human beings.
They were mere creatures of the half light.
All the previous treasures were mere appetizers.
We were mere pickpockets until you gave us a second chance.
Without a doubt they were mere traveling adventurers.
We were mere moments away from totality.
Those who use others as if they were mere tools.
The inhabitants were mere slaves to their colonial masters.
All of the prophets were mere men.
They were mere vestiges of the past.
The ones upstairs were mere decoys.
They were mere fantasies in his head.
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Khans appointed by the tribal rulers were mere puppets.
The beds were mere planks of wood.
It mattered not that many of them were mere children.
But these were mere physical attacks.
He scribbled away until his green eyes were mere slits.
For me they were mere statues that adorned churches.
Many of these changes were mere semantics.
They were mere kids then.
Belief that they were mere humans.
There were mere statements only.
Descartes postulated that animals were mere physical automatons.
Most were mere kids when the war broke out.
The buildings were mere shells.
Organisms were mere vehicles that genes used to replicate themselves.
When armies were mere iron.
They were mere personality differences.
To him they were mere words.
We were mere circus artists.
It turned out that they were mere mortals after all.
You were mere confirmation.
Now it tums out that these were mere air bubbles.
These were mere words to him.
Personal computers were mere toys.
These were mere recommendations.
The prophets were mere men.
Knights were mere elites of an army and there could be thousands of them.
Levitical priest were mere men.
Marx said humans were mere ingredients in a vast economic historical process.
We can not afford to throw away lions as if they were mere slaves.
Some newspapers were mere party sheets of hate and lies.
Many physicians and researchers believed that chaulmoogra derivatives were mere palliatives.
But these were mere pinpricks.
Roosevelt insisted that the big capitalists recognize that they were mere capitalists.
It is unlikely they were mere pebbles the size of grapes or olives.
But these and other matters like them were mere factual debates.
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I do not wish to be a mere sheep in the flock
Mere curiosity about the history of a deserter
