Sentence examples for merely fall from inspiring English sources

There, and elsewhere, fertility rates did not merely fall; they went below what people said they wanted.

I hope the city embraces this opportunity and maintains it – otherwise the number will merely fall again in 2019 when the metro is finished.

An endorsement of the "rule by law" or the "law and order" model — rather than the real, substantive rule of law — does not merely fall short of its objective.

The bitterness of her narrative voice conceals a perverse humor; rain doesn't merely "fall to the surface of the earth as precipitation, it would rather precipitate downright dejection in someone who... had been hoping for better weather".

The Barclays cocos will not convert into equity but merely fall away once the bank's capital ratio falls below 7% – which is why they are being called synthetic cocos.

And while there are moments of muzaky electronica that you'll no doubt skip - 'Valentine' and 'The Party' are presumably included to lend light and shade but merely fall flat - it's the doom-laden power chords of album opener 'Genesis', which stomps its way across the discotheque like Godzilla, that sets the tone for the best tracks.

He's merely fallen off the wagon.

But then television merely fell in step with the times.

I'm convinced I defeated her using my Matrix-style moves; witnesses maintain she merely fell asleep.

Sampras's serves, meanwhile, merely fell from about 125 m.p.h., say, to 115 with his second serve.

(As the video made the rounds, the fare-dodger — Sam Main, nineteen, from Falkirk — came forward to say that he had been out celebrating and had merely fallen asleep.