Sentence examples for merely the thought from inspiring English sources

(Even the idea of posthumous fame is merely the thought of a prize given while we are sleeping, and have left our muttering to others).

Merely the thought, as Van Gundy suggested, that the league would be influenced by the Heat's pouting or that the National Basketball Association's brain trust is somehow the Svengali over the outcome to every game left Thorn, the league's vice president for operations, chuckling at the absurdity of it all.

While some daughters may be eagerly anticipating this time, for others merely the thought of having mom in close quarters, scrutinizing every decision brings a feeling of dread.

That is why the process of t'shuvah that occurs during Rosh Hashanah is called hirhur t'shuvah -- merely the thoughts of t'shuvah.

When you understand that you need a change or have merely entertained the thought, the first reaction is usually fear.

In the first place, as Kant (1781 [1998], A728) himself would surely have agreed, the criterion would need to be freed of "psychologistic" suggestions, or claims about merely the accidental thought processes of thinkers, as opposed to claims about truth and justification that are presumably at issue with the analytic.

Is a blog merely the private thoughts of the blogger, who has been given the privilege of saying what he happens to think at the moment without a qualified editor passing judgment on it for accuracy, taste, appropriateness and so on?

But by voicing his belief that the development of the game in Sri Lanka has been hindered by constant turmoil off the pitch, he was merely echoing the thoughts of many fans.

Indeed, at the Houston Astrodome, many displaced residents of Louisiana and Mississippi said they preferred to stay where they were, some merely because they dreaded the thought of moving again.

During the interviews, the participants were encouraged to give their opinion; the interviewer merely acted to trigger the thought process of the participant and then actively listened.

And sometimes my own eyes merely fill with tears, at the thought of the everlasting anguish of Marcus Luttrell.