Sentence examples for merely respond from inspiring English sources

The dogs merely respond to their dancing owners, he said: "The dog just likes the owner being happy".

First, extremists do not view themselves as the aggressors, rather they merely respond to Western occupation and aggression.

I make three arguments: first, in creating a malaria control program, the Argentine state did not merely respond to a given "social fact" but rather was the key participant in constructing the "malaria problem".

The result: desires, in organisms that can truly represent their environment internally (and not "merely" respond to it). Bruce Waller looks at the implications for moral philosophy in The Natural Selection of Autonomy (1998).

Congressional colleagues representing every political viewpoint across America spoke with one passionate and determined voice to ensure that we would lead, not merely respond to this global crisis.

In fact, Prophet Muhammad taught that if abused or hurt in the state of fasting, a Muslim must not retaliate and merely respond by saying, "I am fasting".

The market merely responds.

They were merely responding creatively to an economic crisis.

Mr. Trudden said the board was merely responding to residents.

Officials merely responded to reporters' questions late in the day.

A means of suppressing such allergies, rather than merely responding to them, would thus be welcome.