Sentence examples for better merely from inspiring English sources

Justine has come across a little better, merely scowling from time to time as if she knows the whole process is demeaning but necessary.

The Guardian (here) wasn't much better, merely omitting the words "feeling refreshed" while the Telegraph (here) was more restrained, publishing only the first 11 words.

They say that in addition to having to deal with economic hardships and environmental damage, BP's insistence that everything is getting better merely acts as salt on a not-yet-healed wound.

One important finding in this study was that comfort and security could be obtained through a pre-arranged availability of physical therapy and that the persons with migraine were able to cope better merely by knowing that help was available.

But how can anyone know what the ideal self is, the superior self that is not merely better, but best?

That the most powerful actors should be immunized from the rule of law - not merely treated better, but fully immunized - is a constant, widely affirmed precept in US justice.

Truly outstanding designers, engineers and managers, he says, are not just 10 percent, 20 percent or 30 percent better than merely very good ones, but 10 times better.

The Spaniard's shot carried plenty of power but Reina should have done much better than merely help it into the net.

Far better than merely surviving since its founding in 1956, MC has grown dramatically.

Going on that ride was not my idea, not that the fast-food lunches were better than merely adequate.

A plan for peace through United Nations mediation, however difficult or protracted, is better than merely repeating the slogans "stay the course" or "withdraw on a timetable".