Sentence examples for merely a figure from inspiring English sources

Not because the polls suggest she will trounce him in November, but rather because it is merely a figure of speech.

As a child, Liza Campbell was surprised to discover that for most people a family tree was merely a figure of speech.

Dr. Gai disputes that, acknowledging that he once told the professor, Kurt Haller, "He who goes to war should be prepared to die," but that it was merely a figure of speech common among Israelis, particularly war veterans.

People originally supposed (cf. Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae) that King Arthur was a real person, a British leader who ruled England after the departure of the Romans, until it was discovered that King Arthur is merely a figure of legend, a fictional entity.

But a McConnell aide said the senator's use of the word "might" was merely a figure of speech, and that he firmly advised Trump to condemn the violence.

Russo's dad tells the kid at one point that his mother is "nuts" and it takes a lifetime for Russo to realize that's not merely a figure of speech.

If you let your eyes work from top to bottom, the image is merely a shadowy figure in a desolate, icy landscape.

Finally, Lillian is merely a stock figure.

To Latter-day Saints, the church president is not merely a temporal figure but also an inspired prophet who interprets church teachings for the present day.

Although he quietly worked toward the prime minister's job for much of his political life, Mr. Obuchi was widely written off as a merely a transitional figure when his party selected him for the job in July 1998.

"It's time for Steve Forbes to pull out," declared the editorial, saying that Mr. Forbes has "not lit the fires" and has become "merely a distracting figure on the stage".