No longer are brands mere props on the set or the supporting stars of reality shows.

Ekaterin took a deep breath and settled beside Nikki at the table, her own half-empty and cold cup a mere prop.

These grandiose gestures, piled so close and fast on one another, are cinematic, entertaining, although at times they render the characters mere props for slapstick set pieces.

This may imply that Chrétien intended the Mass wafer to be the significant part of the ritual, and the Grail to be a mere prop.

And they said that Mr. Burton's "abuse of power" had turned Democrats into mere props, not partners, in the inquiry.

Almost all female, they were used as models for paintings, though to Reverón they seem to have been more than mere props.

They wind up seeming spectral and insignificant, like mere props in the director's show.

Mr. Hughes also rejects contentions that voice analyzers are mere props to scare suspects into confessing.

The other skaters floated in the background, mere props on the stage that Kwan owned simply by being on it.

The men in particular seem to exist as mere props for the women.