The idea of living as a mere shadow to his wife deeply dissatisfied him.

But again, mere shadows alongside the reality of these living faces.

At first it was not a sound, but the mere shadow of one.

There was a mere shadow of color at the V in her legs.

But the images he captured were far more powerful than mere shadows.

What she saw now was no longer a mere shadow, cast ahead.

These were all mere shadows, however, of what was yet to come.

He was the mere pale shadow of a King at all times.

Its activity suddenly seemed to cease, and the organization became a mere shadow of itself.

Except for myself, I think all our people are mere shadows in the background to him.