Sentence examples for merely easing from inspiring English sources

Or are they merely easing our workload?

The investment banks say that the gatherings, technically known as capital introduction events, are merely easing introductions between fund managers and investors, and that they are not being used to advertise or to promote specific funds.

In Israel, one commentator dismisses the agreement as merely easing the pressure on President Assad.

"They give her painkillers, but that merely eases the pain," said her sister, Marisol Gonzalez.

You may think that your mother-in-law has been waiting for a chance to paint you as a failure, which explains in your eyes why she is forever bringing over food (does she think you are incapable of feeding your own family?), but don't dismiss the possibility that she is merely trying to ease your burden.

PC makers are not merely out to ease our data anxieties with the new machines.

But James's protectiveness contains a hint of possessiveness that raises Sarah's hackles, even when he is merely trying to ease her physical discomfort.

The issues of when to bring quantitative easing to an end (rather than merely drawing it down) and when to start raising the federal-funds rate will remain unresolved.

The old solution of quantitative easing failed to channel spending power into the economy, merely into banks.

The experience of India notwithstanding, they argue that China's under-developed political system is merely part of a wider problem of under-development that is gradually easing.

The relatively muted official response to Iran's offer to negotiate reflects the wariness of American and European officials who fear that Iran would merely use negotiations to ease international pressure while continuing to pursue activity that could bring it closer to the capability to build a nuclear bomb.