Sentence examples for merely fired from inspiring English sources

Polish customs officials said the coastguard had merely fired blanks.

That, though, merely fired up Hearts, who responded in some style.

But Mr. Siné's editor, Philippe Val, did not prosecute him or arrest him for his anti-Semitic column; he merely fired him.

When communism collapsed in Yugoslavia, the strong restraining hand gave way to demagogic democracy, which merely fired up the differences.Better cleansed than killedIn the end, a fresh start for the Balkans may come only with a redrawing of the map and a further exchange of populations.

For several weeks after the wall went up, quite a few refugees reported that they had been able to cross the border because the Vopos had looked the other way, or had merely fired a warning shot or two in the air, in an effort to avoid drawing suspicion on themselves.

Viewers concluded on social media that Affleck must have been drunk, forming such a unified chorus that Simmons was compelled to clarify, in a tweet, that Affleck was merely "fired up," and that the segment had been filmed in the late morning.

The commission is merely firing the starting-gun for a two-year haggle.

Volkswagen is promising to release a fix for its software soon; fixing its entire operation may leave it wishing it could merely fire a few mortgage traders.

"The F.D.A. is not merely firing a shot across the bow; it is declaring war on misleading food labeling," said Bruce A. Silverglade, director of legal affairs of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, an advocacy group that had pushed for stricter rules.

Rather than merely firing in a digital on off fashion, vertebrate neurons may have an analogue aspect to their signalling too — a finding that will not surprise many who have worked on invertebrate neurons.

Villagers in Oruzgan, in an area about 70 miles northeast of Kandahar, have said they were merely firing rifles into the air to celebrate a wedding party, in accordance with local traditions.