Sentence examples for merely or from inspiring English sources

This is because anxiety is not merely or essentially psychiatric.

I've long said that Osborne isn't merely, or even mainly, a deficit hawk.

Writing is not merely, or even foremost, a matter of self-expression.

Nor, it appears, were her interests merely, or even primarily, sexual.

None of this means that the connection between the two men was merely or even mainly about cultural marketing.

A pardon does not merely, or even usually, mean letting someone convicted of a crime go free; it can also mean commuting a sentence.

Were they, too, corrupt, or merely incompetent or complacent?

So, was he unethical or merely inept or, to be gentler, uninformative?

Were these photos engendering action, or merely pity or worst apathy?

Reasons for refusal included merely "no interest"or "no time".

Is this truly a crisis or merely an inconvenience or a setback?