Sentence examples for merely to feel from inspiring English sources

Christie, turning a medical condition into a dramatic coup, makes it impossible for us merely to feel sorry for Fiona, and that toughness gives the film the abrupt, challenging intelligence of a fresh and exploratory work rather than the soft piteousness of, say, a "Movie of the Week" from 1973.

Any budding philanthropist who aspires to make a better world, rather than merely to feel a better person, should read Joel Fleishman's wise book, "The Foundation".At first glance, you might mistakenly think that this history of America's charitable foundations is a hagiography written by a philanthropy insider.

And that I would be content on a Friday and Saturday night at around 10 o'clock merely to feel that those bars were all still there, still full of people calling for more, while all I wanted was to be alone in bed with a book.

I suspect that an old man merely wanted to feel special.

A narcissist merely needs to feel like a million bucks to qualify as a millionaire.

I, on the other hand, am merely made to feel uncomfortable, alienated, and perhaps a shade indignant on account of my most recent heresy: I didn't much like "Matilda the Musical".

"We believe fundamentally that there is a moment now, an inflection point — not merely for people to feel comfortable using computers in their day to day life but making them themselves.

What if the reason for our suffering is merely our desire to feel good?

To feel merely dead, as opposed to hideously ill and dead, felt like a lottery win.

As her memory loss worsens, Fiona wonders if she isn't beginning to disappear, but, when she comes back into focus, Christie, turning a medical condition into a dramatic coup, makes it impossible for us to feel merely sorry for Fiona.

Without any treatment at all, but merely resting, they began gradually to feel better.