Sentence examples for merely seconds from inspiring English sources

Other house D.J.'s, less eager for singalongs, built different kinds of sets: Sander van Doorn with one dramatic, intensifying, minor-key instrumental wavelet after another, and Madeon with dozens of quick segues from hook to hook, often merely seconds long.

The piece is interesting in terms of form: it opens with a cheeky preview of the end, "so you know where this is going and that it's all going to be OK", then launches into a furious barrage of short episodes, some merely seconds long, which brainstorm situations.

Merely seconds had passed before Holman levelled, collecting the ball after Sebastien Bassong and Benteke had challenged for it in the air and hitting a firm shot from the edge of the area past Bunn.

I spoke to Henry about how exactly he's turned a moment of merely seconds into a play, and about the responsibility theatre makers have when telling the stories of unheard voices.

They tended to see the Lodī sultans as merely first among equals.

One of the good things about "Aci" was that, vocally, Costanzo was merely first among equals.

Instead, he wants to rebut any charge of "feigned modesty" in claiming merely third place in New Labour's pecking order.

As a result Slim is no longer the second-richest man in the world – and is merely fourth.