Sentence examples for merely tapped from inspiring English sources
"Is the room officially stoked that even this gets a reaction?" said a supporter who merely tapped the microphone and drew cheers from the crowd.
Gingrich has merely tapped into a fulmination against Alinsky – who was what passes for a left-wing radical in American politics, agitating for better living conditions for the poor in the slums of Chicago and New York – that has been filtered through the likes of right-wing talkshow hosts such as Glenn Beck and Mark Levin.
(On mobile devices, he merely taps the Clef login button, which launches the app automatically).
If so, they were merely tapping into DeMille's own sense of superiority to his material and audience.
Mr. Ciscar later played down Valencia's call for help, saying the region was merely tapping into a new system of state financing support.
But almost every time a ball carrier is encountered by a defensive player, that defender will feint a tackle, then merely tap or tag the offensive player.
It's not clear whether rhetoric like that expressed by Donald Trump fuels anti-Muslim sentiment in the US or merely taps into existing negative feelings towards Muslims.
But an even more unsettling revelation - which was curiously overlooked by commentistas - was that Goodman's bug-man was not merely tapping royal retainers, but also Rebekah Wade, editor of the Sun, which is a stablemate to the NoW.
In the case of many other actions, however, rationality seems to be simply irrelevant: jumping up and down in glee, kicking a machine that fails to work, or merely tapping one's fingers impatiently are actions that do not seem to be performed for any particular reason.
"Sons of Camelot" covers the political, but its 600-plus-page focus is primarily on the personal, and even then some subjects merely tap you on the shoulder and cut in for the one or two dances with which they are most publicly associated.
In these 3D systems, users can "click" on an onscreen object by merely tapping the air in front of them.
