I am sick of this false world, and will love nought But even the mere necessities upon't.

Neither Alexandra nor Thorpe spoke, except for the merest necessities.

Because of seeing them as a mere necessity, he shows no particular interest or love for any woman.

We must of force dispense with this decree; She must lie here on mere necessity.

On the hill-sides he would sing them aloud, but it was of the merest natural necessity.

There was hardly any furniture - only mere utilitarian necessities, three or four chairs, a glass topped table, one small bookshelf.

Until, in the end, the [price limit] law, after having proved destructive to many people, was from mere necessity abolished.

If I break faith, this word shall speak for me: I am forsworn on mere necessity.

She found housemates who shared her belief that urban group living can be more than mere economic necessity.