Sentence examples for not merely plausible from inspiring English sources

But the theory — that an adult would have targeted a teen-ager for such abuse, that he would have tricked her and been indifferent to the price she paid — is not merely plausible.

It is a word that does not merely imply a plausible coinage, but suggests a history of usage that has transcended and even abandoned the technology that first gave rise to it.

It is plausible that the benefits of lowering triglycerides do not merely depend on how much the level is lowered, but rather on how it is lowered (i.e., lifestyle interventions vs. pharmacological therapy).

Jane Austen was not merely interested in making Fanny Price, the heroine of "Mansfield Park," a plausible simulacrum of a human being; she also wanted Fanny to elicit the reader's affection and approval.

And not merely standing.

This is not merely bluster.

Qubits are not merely theoretical.

This is not merely coincidence.

It's not merely shyness.

These are not merely academic concerns.

Not merely to disarm.