It was a mere wisp of a voice.

His legs, however, were mere wisps of flesh and bone.

He blew on the flame until a mere wisp of smoke rose from the clothing.

The smoke was a mere wisp at this distance.

The merest wisp of smoke was enough to bring heavy harassing fire from the French.

Are we to be mere wisps of gaseous happiness floating about in the air?

The bouquet is reduced to a mere wisp held by a child.

The merest wisp of a figure, she covered her face.

Good Sertine, could a mere wisp of a strange girl so change his life?

Compared with those 20-pound-plus behemoths, the Convertible is a mere wisp.