Sentence examples for merely a remark from inspiring English sources

Then I did not make a prediction, strictly speaking, at all; merely a remark about what presently seems to me.

Mr. Musabayov said that resentment had been building against Mr. Gabibov, and that the insulting remark was merely a spark.

The mediocre ones, to paraphrase a remark usually credited to Picasso, merely copy what they purchase.

"A mandatory quota would merely spread terrorism," screamed the front-page headline, quoting a remark the prime minister made on 17 November.

Some administration officials suggested that Mr. Leahy's remarks were merely a negotiating ploy.

But Democrats, who control the Legislature, dismissed Mr. Christie's remarks as merely "a good speech" and called the income tax proposal a "sound bite" that would disproportionately benefit the rich while taking money away from schools.

Being the only other person to have beaten Karpov in a match, I was unsure as to whether my student was implying that my laudatory remarks were merely a form of narcissism.

The man who delivered those brief remarks was merely a stand-in, a Navy yeoman wearing a sign indicating he was the president-elect, as inauguration officials went through a full-on dry run of the ceremonies set to commence for real this time tomorrow morning.

It was not clear whether Mr. Zubkov's statement about the presidency was planned or was merely an off-the-cuff remark from an official unused to the spotlight.

The lawyer has been found guilty of sedition for a remark he made during a press conference in 2009, when he merely expressed his legal opinion on a political dispute in the state of Perak.

Because the drug culture condones and encourages violence, a tragedy can be brought about merely through a casual remark -- a diss.