Sentence examples for merely seen from inspiring English sources

If every time a person is treated (or merely seen) by another, say, as an instrument (not a mere instrument) for some further purpose, we take it that the person in question is objectified, then it seems that in our daily lives we objectify nearly everyone, including ourselves.

ADAM GOPNIK: No, merely seen photographs of it.

He has merely seen the light and changed his mind.

What, then, was changed by Harrisburg, if science remained in good standing and human nature was merely seen to be what it always has been?

I think it is a very dangerous position when legitimate concerns are merely seen as opposition to be overcome rather than having the potential to correct or improve".

Because what brings this supreme state is the destruction of ignorance, nothing need happen to the body; it is merely seen for what it really is an illusory limitation on the spirit.

Goldman and its supporters can argue the naysayers merely see the glass half empty.

It never touched the rim, but he enjoyed merely seeing it come close.

It makes us, the viewer, not merely see Victoria but become her.

"Merely seeing patterns in slow motion won't help, because things don't actually slow down".

You don't merely see the sea, you smell it, too.