Sentence examples for merely acting from inspiring English sources

In all these definitions is implied the formula if potency in the primary sense.-And again these so-called potencies are potencies either of merely acting or being acted on, or of acting or being acted on well, so that even in the formulae of the latter the formulae of the prior kinds of potency are somehow implied.

He said was merely acting as a lawyer.

The experimental data indicate the homopolymerization of styrene, with the MDO merely acting as a diluent.

Perhaps these are real people merely acting real, participating in the dramatization of everyday life.

As long as Merrill was merely acting as a middleman, its risks were limited.

If Trump was merely acting foolishly, he would be legally okay.

Perhaps Ms. Swinton means that she was doing more than merely acting.

Mr. Kamphuis said Stophaus was not a front for him; he is merely acting as a spokesman.

Bateman is a vacuum, merely acting in accord with consumer culture in the latter days of capitalism.

It could be argued that Keown was unlucky to go too, that he was merely acting as peacemaker.

She was "merely acting as a conduit – on a woman to woman basis" between Mozah and Clinton, the spokesperson added.