Sentence examples for merely during from inspiring English sources

In 1862, Democrats gained at least 30 Congressional seats -- not merely during a war, but during a national insurrection in which Republicans painted their opposition as disloyal.

A bigger problem is that the play relies far too much on recitation, and not merely during the many times Akhmatova speaks her poems.

These varying pink-, salmon- and copper-colored siblings can be consumed, lightly chilled, year-round, not merely during warm weather, as rosés usually are.

It makes sense that this book arrives now, not merely during the hideous endgame of the national health-care debate but during mud season; this book's bleak assessment of the selfishness and materialism that have taken root in Western societies will stick to your feet and muddy your floors.

This example will cast a long shadow over the subsequent discussion, for Socrates' courage in this case was shown not merely in defeat, but during a rout.

Since subliminal trials were intermixed with supraliminal trials in the present experiment, it could be the case that the cue-response associations were formed during the supraliminal trials (hence VS activation) and merely used during the subliminal trials (hence no VS activation).

Leiter made the mighty McGwire look merely mortal during the first three at-bats.

Lately, she has heard whispers that she was merely lucky during that fortnight in England.

If we're lucky, that number will merely double during the course of this century.

Cruz's speech was not technically a filibuster, as it he was merely speaking during a permitted time slot.

The persons who were called up, therefore, merely presided during the reading and recited the appropriate blessings.