For example, we might join a union merely to obtain insurance at the inexpensive group rate even though we vote against all its strike proposals, would never join a picket line, and might even be hostile to the idea of unions.
This is because we are not merely joined, but subjugated to our bodies – and through our bodies, to our "relatives, friends, city, prince, country, clothes, house, land, horse, dog, to the entire earth, the sun, the stars, to all the heavens" (ST V. 2, 342).
While we may need to be ready to die in defense of that dream, we cannot tolerate the murder of anyone seeking to join it merely because he is willing to build our own American dreams at a discount.
They joined the merely acceptable halibut in mustard sauce with spinach (not broccoli rape, as the menu promised) and chicken breast with "tomato fondue" (we call it sauce) from the entrees section, but beyond those attempts, Mr. Wood has avoided a common pitfall and lost neither innovation nor quality on his entrees.
But it is quite another to merely join the debate.
She didn't want to trap them, but merely join them.
When the Jets drafted Richardson in April, he went on to say, he did not merely join the organization.
But as he left Green Bay Wednesday morning, Favre expressed weariness at his predicament — the falling out with the Packers had taken a toll on him and his family — and a desire to merely join a team.
Stanley refused to do this, not just because he didn't want to; he felt he could not do it and would merely join the long string of writers who failed in their attempts.
The European parliament's status as the junior player is confirmed: MEPs will be invited to join EU27 diplomats merely "for an exchange of views" at the start of crucial Brexit preparatory meetings.
