Sentence examples for he were only from inspiring English sources
Osama grew more and more animated as he cataloged Qaddafi's eccentricities, as if he were only now discovering the outrageousness of it all.
He has a bowler hat, moustache and glasses that look like stick-on props, as if he were only disguised as himself, trying on his identity.
But no one is saying that Dan Shonka is somehow missing some key ingredient in his analysis; that if he were only more perceptive he could predict Chase Daniel's career trajectory.
Because Kobe Bryant's jersey is hugely popular in China, his wages exceed even those he could command if he were only, at times, the best basketball player in America.
If he were only practical, methodical in his habits, exacting, undeviating, able to write to order -- and all this was true -- then it would be impossible to explain the depth of feeling that can be perceived in his work.
An experienced journalist knows how to connect with his readers, and Whitney manages to slip in a good deal of technical and historical information while writing as if he were only telling a story.
