The mere passage of time didn't explain such strain.

Those people who had died then would now be dead anyway, from mere passage of time.

Life must not be lived as though it were a mere passage to something better.

Decay theory proposes that memory fades due to the mere passage of time.

These organizations warn that unless the state goes beyond the mere passage of laws, change will be very slow.

Or fatigue sets in out of proportion to the mere passage of time.

When they finally have a reunion, it's plain to see that characters this strong can't be worn down by the mere passage of days.

But their mere passage above him sapped much of his intelligence.

"As if the mere passage of years could make our species more sophisticated."

It was a mere arched passage cut by water, ending in a gulley, which led to a wide open space of some sort.