He stated that "the Republic, the Senate, the law courts are mere ciphers and that not one of us has any constitutional position at all."

One of its many achievements is that, for such a necessarily political work, no character becomes a mere cipher for suffering or victimhood.

Cleaners would be regarded as mere ciphers.

Charidemus bore the prominent part in the ensuing contests and negotiations with Athens for the possession of the Thracian Chersonese, Cersobleptes appearing throughout as a mere cipher.

Teachers are mere ciphers in this process, so why would they claim to pay attention to anything teachers say unless it is from some individual seeking to make financial and political capital from their contribution?

Nizan, in short, was accused by Sartre of treating his characters as mere ciphers of a particular class.

In addition, Louise attempted to champion her late brother-in-law by announcing that she was his confidante and that Beatrice, a mere cipher, meant nothing to him.

Like much non-Western art, Jensen's paintings tend to reduce the viewer to a mere cipher in the larger order of things.

But Henry III refused to be treated as a mere cipher by the League, and decided upon a bold stroke.