The Polynesians died of mere contact with a whale-ship culture.

Never had she realized such pleasure could ripple through her at a mere contact.

Even mere physical contact, such as this, sitting together in the Rolls skyfly, made them happy.

But the truth was that he had no physical sensation, except that of mere contact.

He felt as though he could draw strength from the mere contact.

His hand on her arm was reluctant, as if he dreaded that mere human contact.

As a shapeshifter he shouldn't have minded mere physical contact with someone.

Would the mere contact of a man's hand repulse her?

Enough information was available at the time to support the conclusion that mere physical contact would not spread the disease.

If mere contact were always enough then manifest injustice would be done in many cases.