Sentence examples for merely the prelude from inspiring English sources

It was merely the prelude to heartache.

Normally, glycolysis is merely the prelude to energy production.

Moments of the deepest joy and ease are often merely the prelude or aftermath to cataclysm.

On Sunday night at Madison Square Garden his electrifying salsa set was merely the prelude for her pop extravaganza.

All this is merely the prelude to the revelation that Greg is a redtop Investigations Editor and Liz his sidekick.

A large majority for staying in the Europe in the 1975 referendum was merely the prelude to Labour splits on the issue for the next decade.

But that was only the prelude.

And this is only the prelude.

That is only the prelude.

What this misses, first, is that far from proving the game's climax, the sequence turned out to be merely a prelude: the safety, and then the second Jets touchdown followed soon after, so you were basically trading seven points for nine.

By 17 September, a small corps of Austrians approached the outskirts of Kehl and vigorously attacked the French sentries there; this was merely a prelude to the more significant action the following day.