Fortunately, the police recognized that Irene was a mere pawn in a huge game.

It makes me feel a Uttle more man a mere pawn if that's the case.

Even though he scorns them as mere pawns or enemies, the women Richard encounters are never at a loss for words.

The royal women of Didion were far from being mere political pawns or broodstock.

They are mere pawns in the grand scheme of things.

The mature cells are mere pawns, with a single role.

Also clearly, it frustrated Odo to spend so much e worrying over a mere pawn.

But Cranston was concerned with even lesser pieces now: mere pawns.

Are we mere pawns in your dealings with the young rebels?

Taiwan is too big to be treated as a mere pawn in relations between Washington and Beijing.