Sentence examples for merely opened from inspiring English sources

They merely opened the door.

But that volume, published by Edward Capell, merely opened a prolonged debate about the play's authorship.

She merely opened the deep bottom drawer of her desk and pointed to a bottle of bourbon — and a pistol.

But Prof Hawking's frank admission that even he was stumped by the question merely opened a lengthy response.

By devoting the Social Security surplus to guns and tax cuts, the risk is that he has merely opened the floodgates.

But this merely opened up new fissures in the state's Unionist coalition, which included some deeply conservative men who insisted that the institution of slavery must remain intact.

While the infectious tune that brilliantly sampled the 1956 Italian song "Tu Vuò Fà L' Americano" served to put the down-under duo of Sylvester Martinez and Johnson Peterson on the map, it merely only opened the doors for a group that has boundless creativity and a thirst for exploring nearly every corner of the dance floor. .

Merely opening a document creates a copy of it in a computer's memory.

The fellow, like many another, had imagined that merely opening his mouth wider might be enough to effect communication.

But truckers predicted new taxes would merely open the way to more harassment by corrupt inspectors and policemen.

But Mr. Troy said he was merely opening to the public what might otherwise be a private discussion within the agency.