Sentence examples for merely play from inspiring English sources

Salaries were merely play money — a pittance compared to bonuses.

Most singers merely play for their fans; Ms. Badu insists on playing with them.

Others focus on particular sorts of events, such as bankruptcies or mergers, or merely play the stockmarket.

He films a series of playlets in which the actors merely play out the facts in the script.

That is because, unlike an engineer, evolution cannot go back to the drawing board, it can merely play with what already exists.

She's a kind of artistic Tiger Woods, a girl who doesn't merely play "Itsy Bitsy Spider" on her piano but rewrites it in minor chords.

Merely playing the game is not enough.

Or is she merely playing primary politics?

Most are merely playing a game, reaching for intermittent diversion.

Players talk about the importance of hosting playoff games, not merely playing in them.

Others reckon he is merely playing politics.And he still has one Thatcherite weapon.