Sentence examples for not merely entertaining from inspiring English sources

This book is not merely entertaining.

All, or nearly all, were picked because they were edifying, not merely entertaining, and therefore worthy of the attention of serious people.

On a good night, the crowd will leave not merely entertained, but verbally debauched.

"The Franciscans don't merely entertain that question as some sort of intellectual exercise.

It was not just entertaining.

You can tell when an audience is not merely being entertained by a show but has bonded with it, and this one did.

In this story Dinesen creates a fine symbolic representation of the way humans, hemmed in on all sides by death, tell stories not merely to entertain, but to live.

His goal is not merely to entertain, though that certainly is part of it; Polish aims to make a difference in people's lives.

Contrary to popular belief, a film's sole purpose is not merely to entertain.

Moreover, the mass media is obliged not merely to entertain young minds, but to help stimulate, inform and educate.

But at more than five hours long (including a dinner break and a second intermission), this production has more grandiose ambitions than merely entertaining the theatergoing tourist and doesn't come close to fulfilling them.