Sentence examples for merely the end from inspiring English sources

It was merely the end of the beginning.

But catching up with the comet is merely the end of the beginning of the mission.

In one sense, this is not the end of the affair, merely the end of the beginning.

I told the world – contrary to your claims – that the fall of Baghdad would not be the beginning of the end, but merely the end of the beginning.

When Election Day is merely the end of a long voting period, it lacks the sort of civic stimulation that used to be provided by local news media coverage and discussion around the water cooler.

Bloody-mindedness and rancour will play their part, but it is money that will help to determine whether the Florida vote will signal the beginning of the end of the fractious nomination contest or merely the end of the beginning.

Megrahi's death "merely marks the end of one chapter," writes Scotland's The Herald.

Parliament has merely been the end point of the campaign, a rubberstamp for progress.

Even then, he said, he was grateful that the musicians merely reached the end without "a disaster".

For Mahmoud Salem, a.k.a. the Sandmonkey, Egypt's revolution has merely reached the end of its first chapter.

For Washington it may merely represent the end of a beautiful friendship; for London, it will feel more like a broken heart.