Sentence examples for merely leaving from inspiring English sources

The unemployment rate appeared to be falling because people were genuinely securing jobs rather than merely leaving the work force.

A mayoral aide insisted Johnson was merely leaving the administrative details to others now that he had set out the strategic priorities and policies.

So, unlike the offence of preventing a proper burial where some steps to conceal the body are required, merely leaving a body unburied is a crime too.

Pointing to the velocity on his fastball, which has been consistently in the low 90's, Astacio claimed he was healthy and was merely leaving pitches over the plate.

"Supplying" can mean selling the gun, giving it, lending it or merely leaving it out where it can be taken rather than safely locked away, and includes allowing it to be stolen by a housebreaker, the source of many guns used by criminals.

This protection, I promised them, went beyond merely leaving their names out of articles: it meant working closely with them to make sure I would use only as much information from their personal lives as needed to report their claims – but not enough so that they would be identifiable.

They did not merely leave; they fled.

Their silence merely leaves the way open for extremists.

Britain merely left the gutted shell of old Coventry cathedral.

They merely leave him feeling confused and depressed.

The lame-duck Congress will merely leave it to the incoming legislators to sort out.