Sentence examples for merely an exercise from inspiring English sources
And the speech wasn't merely an exercise in political prudence.
Sometimes they are merely an exercise in ego by a misguided official.
All parties stand to lose if this re-evaluation is merely an exercise.
For Eugenio Derbez, the question isn't merely an exercise in existentialism.
On Thursday, Mr. Christie declared the Legislature's action merely "an exercise in theater".
This used to be merely an exercise in ticking boxes, but has got a bit tougher.
It should be regarded merely as an exercise of arbitrary power by a given number of men who defied the law.
To think of this exhibition merely as an exercise in juxtaposition sells it short, however, for it is much more than a literal comparison between old things and new.
Rau, 38, is determined that it will not merely be an exercise in western corporation-bashing, and should differ from the Russell Tribunals on Vietnam and Palestine – organised by Nobel-prize winning philosopher Bertrand Russell, and hosted by Jean-Paul Sartre in the 1960s.
Yoga is considered by many merely as an exercise technique to improve flexibility and keep you toned, and meditation is that boring bit where you don't do anything.
They said that the continuation of the inspections would merely be an exercise in the inexorable march to war, which could begin in late February or March, and that the inspections were proving useless.
