Sentence examples for merely engaging from inspiring English sources

You might say that Wilbon was merely engaging in a tactic familiar to any boxing fan: hyping the next big fight, using whatever claim is most convenient.

They are, they say, merely engaging in the vaunted American tradition of "free speech," which is what makes their activities "legal".

Colin Kazim-Richards had claimed he was merely engaging in "banter" with the crowd at his former club, Brighton and Hove Albion, while playing at their ground for Blackburn Rovers.

When Republicans said that his view conflicted with current law, Mr. Becker said that he was merely engaging in a scholarly debate and that as a labor board member, he would follow the law in deciding cases.

As another round of sanctions are considered against Iran, members of Congress are trying to determine if Iran is truly committed to reform, or merely engaging in well calculated obfuscation.

In an appeal at Doncaster crown court, his barrister, Stephen Ferguson, said Chambers had been merely engaging in "banter and craic" and that far from having menacing intent, his message was "a jest, a joke, a parody".

In 2015, just before his arrest, Choudary claimed he was merely engaged in a "verbal jihad".

Human rights lawyers say the accused are innocent and were merely engaged in an academic discussion about events in Egypt.

Santorum is not merely engaged in a culture war, but "a spiritual war," as he called it four years ago.

An association must merely engage in expressive activity that could be impaired in order to be entitled to protection.

The officer's lawyers have argued that their client was merely engaged in playing out dark fantasies on fetish Web sites that are used by thousands of people.