How to Use mere in a Sentence

mere

adjective

• But again, these are mere crumbs.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
• Home wasn’t mere hours or days away.
  — David Gleisner, Outside, 24 Mar. 2026
• That left a mere six tracks, less than half the show.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
• One of those pins came in a mere eight seconds.
  — Nate Peterson, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
• But what are mere trillions in this day and age?
  — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026
• This game wasn’t a mere milestone.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2025
• All of that would have seemed asinine mere weeks ago.
  — Chad Graff, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
• Many of these ideas, though, remain mere ideas.
  — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
• But the new scent is much more than a mere re-edition.
  — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2026
• Wi-Fi and the web are mere rumors.
  — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
• The swim platform is a mere few steps away, should the urge for a swim strike.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025
• She is then forced to fight a vampire as a mere mortal.
  — ArsTechnica, 7 June 2026
• In those days, music was a mere hobby.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2026
• Bardot Brasserie, which is mere steps away from the venue.
  — Tim McGovern, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
• And that fiery, vibrant red that fades after mere weeks?
  — Loren Savini, Allure, 14 May 2026
• The struggle after the fire didn’t last mere weeks or months.
  — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
• For a mere one-hour climb, the reward is immense.
  — Shilo Urban, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026
• Frankly, the mere act of putting on the uniform isn’t heroic.
  — Alex Heigl, Peoplemag, 29 May 2023
• In his mind, though, even the mere greeting meant trouble.
  — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
• The mere mention of bed bugs is enough to send a shiver down the spine.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2026
• But these are mere placeholder plot points.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
• Cheers to the on-sale finds arriving at your doorstep in mere days!
  — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
• There’s time for this seven-week stretch to be a mere footnote.
  — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 13 May 2026
• In fact, her breakthrough wasn’t mere months in the making, but years.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
• But mere influence was not enough.
  — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 4 Jan. 2026
• What happened next took mere seconds.
  — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
• What happened next took mere seconds.
  — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
• Its mere existence does the work.
  — Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
• Sadly, the film isn’t mere fiction.
  — Catherine Bray, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
• Its three-month performance sits at a mere 1% gain.
  — Pia Singh, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026