| As always, Rathbone gives us a Holmes that is quick-witted and focused, able to deduce what mere mortals cannot. |
| Modern life whizzes by at a frantic pace and we mere mortals find ourselves in a constant whirl trying to find ways of catching up. |
| Then there was a moment of shame, so we put up a wall hanging to cover it from the gaze of mere mortals. |
| A tiny jut of skin hangs off her upper lip, as happens to mortals in the winter. |
| He was an adrenaline junkie who willed himself to do things mere mortals would not consider. |
| All around him lesser mortals have given up the true faith to follow the almighty dollar, pound, or Euro. |
