Sentence examples for merely crossed from inspiring English sources

Perhaps, this new evidence suggested, a letter that merely crossed paths with an anthrax-laced envelope could pick up enough spores to kill.

As for replacing Richie McCaw, for the best part of a decade New Zealand has merely crossed its collective fingers and hoped for the best that the world's premier opensider doesn't break down.

It remained unclear whether a young woman — one of two people wounded in the attack — had been accompanying the man or merely crossed paths with him at the wrong time.

However, many of their victims and their families claim that those they targeted included young men who had merely crossed senior republicans in the city, in fights in the streets or in bars.

Merely crossing the property was like an expedition.

So why do most visitors merely cross the Brooklyn Bridge, then call it a day?

But while you have the luxury of merely crossing off the days as you wait for the magic to unfold, Simon does not.

The possibility that her star's blissed-out state would add an unwanted love glow to her portrayal of a character in emotional turmoil did not merely cross Ms. Krueger's mind.

Indeed, they go much further than capital stock, natural resources, education, or the other usual suspects of textbook economics, towards explaining why a worker's productivity rises so astonishingly when he merely crosses the political boundary between Mexico and the United States.

For the 35-year-old Ironman world champion, who hopes to defend her title in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on Saturday, there are bigger challenges than merely crossing the line first after completing one of the most gruelling sporting contests on earth.

Then came the double whammy – he would not merely cross the floor, he would stand down as MP to force a humiliating byelection for the Tories, which he duly contested and won with a 12,404 majority to become Ukip's first elected MP.