Then the dockyard had made a childish scene about the topgallant yard - a mere stick, most legitimately expended.

But all the rest were poorly armed, wielding mere sticks and knives, and not dressed for the part at all.

The upper parts of the holly are mere sticks, shorn of leaves, poking up into the air.

He was too scrawny, a mere stick beside Dayrne or Leyn.

His arms and legs are mere sticks.

It is a mere stick.

Five men circled the flyer, several brandishing weapons more sophisticated than mere sticks.

I was dismayed to find that a mere stick of butter contains a whopping 800 calories, or more than one-third of my daily allotment.

Some were not tipped at all, but were mere sharpened sticks blackened and hardened in fire.

Didn't those idiots know this was no mere stick of wood?