The ship was now but a mere speck almost on the verge of the horizon.
The falling body diminished until it was a mere speck deep below.
It seemed like ages before their destination became anything more than a mere speck on the horizon.
A mere unknown speck in the void, to which no other ship would ever come.
Slowly the mountain top sank on the horizon, until it became a mere speck.
Even from that altitude they were no mere specks between the cloud-masses.
Joe continued to look over his shoulder to where the figure in the distance had become a mere speck.
His eye followed her till she grew small, smaller, a mere speck in the sky, and then disappeared.
She stopped, and pointed to the small part showing, a mere speck across the rough ground.
A mere speck in a system so vast as to be beyond comprehension.