Sentence examples for be merely a deception from inspiring English sources

What freedom have I ever known not to be merely a deception!?

Again, the rationale is not ridiculous: a lie is more grave than an untruth, which can be merely a mistaken conviction, and it implies conscious intention to deceive rather than inward-turning self-deception.

Since Mitre, many historians think that this professed loyalty was merely a political deception to gain autonomy.

It was merely a joke.

Maybe the guy is merely a blowhard.

He is merely a judicial activist.

It was merely a "friendly gesture".

The NSC is merely a "consultative" forum.

His rider, John Velazquez, was merely a passenger.

"It is merely a propagandistic exercise".

Space is merely a useful abstraction.