Sentence examples for merely met from inspiring English sources

He initially disputed this; they had merely met online and exchanged photographs — though, he said, the pictures she sent him were of someone else.

The stock price reflected that expectation, and when Facebook merely met its earnings guidance, the stock took a tumble.

But according to an online BBC Sport report, a Jordan spokeswoman seeking to cool the rumor engine said the pair had merely met twice: at a Grand Prix and at a soccer game.

The company generally beats expectations by a wide margin, so after it announced that it merely met them at $0.31 a share its shares plummeted as low as $76 in after-hours trading.

And when that happens, look out: Last year investors punished the company when the company merely met its second quarter expectations after its second quarter, dropping the share price 10%.

As a result, so much of what seemed designed to wow the crowd at the Forum merely met a reasonable level of expectation.

Merely meeting the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, for periodic talks is not enough.

At the time, Mr. da Silva, under criticism for merely meeting with Mr. Mendes, dismissed the judge's assertion as untrue.

By Richard Armour The New Yorker, November 3 , 1945P. 89 The people who merely meet there View Article By David Remnick By Jelani Cobb By Jia Tolentino By Ian Parker.

But if Ms. Tomlin were merely meeting the script requirements, the evening would be considerably less buoyant than it is.

Also left unclear Friday was how big the effect on cognition was — whether it would be meaningful for patients or merely meet some statistical test.