Something else moved, a mere dot in the screen, but still having a vague shape.

When the dragon was a mere dot in the distant horizon, I stood up and, turning, started heading back.

She stared at me, her eyes shrunk to mere dots.

At least a mile away, they were mere dots against the blurring whiteness.

He was a mere dot on the horizon when the sky clouded over and the storm broke.

Soon the figures were mere dots on the sand.

The Lodge looked very small; beside it the aircars were mere dots.

The platform was a mere dot against the turgid sky.

Two of them, with others mere dots far behind.

They looked like mere dots scattered along the length of the line.