Sentence examples for merely standing from inspiring English sources

And not merely standing.

Merely standing is difficult.

He commands the stage even when he is merely standing on it.

I was merely standing there and the reaction was to stick my arm out.

He would perform most of "Pinkerton" merely standing at his microphone, as in the days before Weezer played arenas.

But to pretend that we are developing, while we are merely standing in one place or sliding backwards, is no longer possible.

And not merely rising, but standing tall, as tall as a crocus gets, quivering in a southerly breeze.

I shall merely be standing on the shoulders of giants, but the view of the pitch is quite good from there.

For Deanna Smith, a retired teacher who brought her 12-year-old granddaughter to a march for the Martin family in Atlanta this week, it is merely about standing up against racism.

The defendant, who agreed to allow a reporter to attend his trial if his name was not used, said he had merely been standing on the sidewalk, trying to hail a cab, while his friends were "bombing" a wall with graffiti.

The data also suggested the proximal effects of the desks may not be limited to merely more standing.