Sentence examples for proved merely from inspiring English sources

Mr. Danielpour's intentions were presumably different, and here the near quotations of Mahler, Bernstein and others proved merely distracting.

Most surprising was not that Brazil and Argentina lost, but that while fearsome in reputation, they proved merely fragile on the field, delicate, brittle and cracking under the first sign of strain.

He points out that this intention could be proved merely if "an individual was in possession of articles and instructions on how to convert imitation firearms into live firearms".

Previous tablets have proved merely niche devices – despite support from luminaries such as Bill Gates, who famously announced in 2001 that he believed they would be the most popular form of computer within five years.

But after two free throws by Othella Harrington (9 points, 12 rebounds) put the Knicks ahead, 91-88, Jordan, so often a superhero in the Garden, proved merely mortal.

BRIAN KEARNEY, an auctioneer wearing a black suit and red tie, stood at the front door of 593 President Street in Park Slope on Tuesday, holding a wooden gavel that proved merely decorative, since there was nothing on which to bang it.

Much to Leicester's relief it was to prove merely a temporary blip, Tuilagi and May burying any chance of a Welsh triumph.

At the start, I worried that the film might prove merely winsome, like a Maryland "Amélie," but Hawkins makes it taut and fierce.

But they said Continental's offer was likely to prove merely the latest move in a series of negotiations on the $11.6 billion US Airways/ Unitedmerger.

Diallo's lawyers will have to prove merely that it was "more likely than not" that Strauss-Kahn committed an assault.

Whether it does and the new record proves to be the high-water mark of unmanned space exploration or whether Dawn's arrival proves merely a staging post on the road to greater things, remains to be seen.