Sentence examples for merely touching from inspiring English sources

"Merely touching a table surface that had the taint of milk could provoke an itchy rash," his father explains.

The emotional force that should impel us toward the eventful never accumulates, and the result is that a film that might be devastating and unforgettable is merely touching.

But if this seems merely touching, and even a bit silly, is it clear that conformity and "settling down", whatever that would mean, is the better alternative?

Mr. Garcia was merely touching up one of the many murals that have made him the most visible artist in the East Village.

Yet both firms claim they are merely touching down on UK soil, without a "permanent establishment" and therefore are not paying tax on profits from billions of pounds worth of sales made here.

Tourists take pleasure in merely touching the building's shiny surfaces.

The BBC reported that the pope "admired the statue but merely touched the sword".

Mankiewicz could hardly improve on the most famous of all Hearst stories, so he merely touched it up a trifle.

His agenda doesn't merely touch his party's hot buttons, but moves in many directions at once.

On Cooke's second goal, which made the score 5-2, Crosby merely touched the puck before Tyler Kennedy's flubbed shot was slotted home by Cooke.

RadarOnline.com reported that the representative said Ms. Foster had merely "touched him on the elbow in an attempt to take him aside to talk to him and tell him to stop," adding, "'He scared the kids".