Sentence examples for are merely watching from inspiring English sources

The people are merely watching Stravinsky play piano; they are not angry onlookers.

The research, which is based on an online survey of more than 2,000 children, did not distinguish between TV-like services on the internet, such as Netflix and iPlayer, and other forms of browsing such as Facebook, meaning it is unclear whether children are merely watching shows in different ways.

This goes beyond metaphors like the people who watch the Super Bowl who don't care one whit about the game and are merely watching to be entertained by the commercials.

It is as if Jancso is merely watching, regretfully conscious that there are those who will be killed and those whose job it is to kill them.

And -- on the rare occasions when LGBTQ people are viewing -- they're merely watching to check out all the sweaty bodies.

First it thinks that the appeal of Glee is merely watching anyone singing popular music, as opposed to angst-ridden and pruriently appealing high schoolers (often played by near 30-year olds).

What is more frightening than being merely watched, though, is being controlled.

Will sharing a telephone number with, say, Egypt's spies, lead to the arrest and torture of somebody who should instead be merely watched?

And now we find ourselves watching, as our representatives are reduced to a set of men and women who are also merely watching.

We are not merely watching the play but immersed in it, hostages, almost, to the awful spectacle of a noble man and a great love wantonly destroyed.

The cancer's typically slow pattern of growth fools many doctors into thinking that once a carcinoid tumor is found, merely watching and waiting is the best approach.