Sentence examples for be were only from inspiring English sources

Wilson claimed Purdue has told doctors that patients who receive prescriptions for opioids generally will not become addicted and those who appeared to be were only "pseudoaddicted" and needed more of the drugs.

("To be or not to be" is only an example).

The conviction of Dumas, spectacular though it may be, is only the beginning.

It's been only a week.

He is being only somewhat facetious.

Van Zandt was being only half-serious.

It's been only five months since The Scarecrow.

But what if it is was only 10%?

Even so, the park was being only lightly used.

But the Adamses, distinguished though they were, are only one branch of our family.

"There's been only the most minimal drop-off," he said.