Sentence examples for simply to please from inspiring English sources

I did it purely and simply to please myself.

I don't want simply to please my guests, I want to dazzle them.

Many children are driven to success simply to please their parents.

But freed from the burden of heavy expectations and pretensions -- and price, for that matter -- it exists simply to please.

She realised that if she went back to tennis, it had to be because she really wanted to, not simply to please others.

The people closest to Morrison say some of his misdemeanours, such as once giving a first-team player's boots to a friend, are simply to please others.

Almost everyone makes this mistake at some point, but smart people realize quickly that it's simply impossible to please everybody and trying to please everyone pleases no one.

So some white state politicians feel no pressure to reflect statewide opinion; they simply have to please their constituents, many of whom are pro-flag.

An aide to Mr. Bloomberg accused Mr. Cuomo of presenting a "smoke screen" that, instead of addressing "last in, first out," simply served to please the United Federation of Teachers, which represents city teachers.

Some feel that Turkish Airlines, nearly 50-percent-owned by the government, is simply trying to please Mr. Erdogan, who, when he is not being accused by his opponents of being a strict Islamist, is referred to as a latter-day sultan for his accrual of power.

After all, simply wanting to please the experimenter will not actually give someone a better memory.