Meanings of mere bystander in English

If I ever was a mere bystander, I am not anymore.

Ahmed was no mere bystander in these battles, of course.

Well, a man sometimes plays chess more skilfully for having been long a mere bystander.

At trial, Ng's lawyers argued that their client was a mere bystander, a dependent personality waiting to be led.

The young man standing with his hands in the pockets of his donkey jacket was pretending to be casual, a mere bystander...

The To imagine editors as mere bystanders whose underling reporters run rings round them would be fanciful in the extreme.

In truth the two former Wellington players were mere bystanders to contrasting draws for Leinster and Munster that were in time-honoured tradition.

Liverpool manager Roy Evans is preaching patience and persistence to his frustrated players who fear they may become mere bystanders in their campaign.

"Profoundly, no; a little,- alittle ,asa mere bystander," said Sir Peter, modestly, but much flattered.