Sentence examples for not merely are from inspiring English sources

Not merely are they waging what some call this "sixth Arab-Israeli war" in the absence, or outright defiance, of Arab regimes, these regimes, in three important cases, can be said, objectively speaking, to have stood with Israel against their own.

Niles was not merely being rhetorical.

He is not merely being acted upon.

Would we not merely be undermining that ?

Since November the term has not merely been promulgated.

He has not merely been recognised, but embraced.

In fact she had not merely been kept safe but pestered by the rams.

Yet cricket has not merely been boosted by this explosion, it has also driven it.

Two canes — and I'm not merely being cute — are kind of fun once you learn some of their dimensions.

To concede land – even a sliver – would not merely be an insult.

With those 150 years, Mr. Madoff is not merely being punished, Professor Gillers said.