Sentence examples for merely the first from inspiring English sources

Mr. Wylie is merely the first.

Merely the first of many?

I was merely the first Last One".

Hiring great talent is merely the first step.

Getting people's attention was merely the first step.

Changing managers should be merely the first step.

A major suspension of Bertuzzi is merely the first step.

This death, however, is merely the first act — we aren't getting the full story.

Dialogue, if it happened, would be merely the first knot in a giant carpet.

But, most important, these prisoners are said be merely the first to go free.

For some, this was merely the first stop in a long evening.