Sentence examples for merely observing from inspiring English sources
He said he had been out with his family and was merely observing the gathering.
It is unclear whether this requires actually rejoining the ERM, or merely observing its now broad margins.
So far, the European Union has been merely observing Ukraine's rapid internal and external development of the first 100 days.
Rather, he said, Mr. Snow was merely observing that long-term interest rates tend to rise as economic growth accelerates.
This concentration of learning in a formal atmosphere allows children to learn far more of their culture than they are able to do by merely observing and imitating.
To top it all off, Mason lashed out at lawyers who go on TV to prattle authoritatively about cases they are merely observing from afar.
In "observational studies," subjects are merely observed, not assigned randomly to "treatment" and "control" groups as in a traditional experiment.
It suggests that he may have been something other than an orthodox Muslim, and indeed John Freely, an authority on life at the palace, writes that "he seems to have been basically irreligious, and in his observance of Islam he merely observed the forms of the Muslim faith".
But even more interesting, those who actually played the part of heroes served less of the toxic sauce than did those who merely observed the heroes, and the villainous players doled out more sauce than observers of villains.
"He did not judge his women; he merely observed".
