Sentence examples for was merely good from inspiring English sources

For Wilson, it was merely good training.

For once Mo Farah was merely good rather than extraordinary – and for once he did not mind a jot.

I told her that I wanted originality, even if it was ugly, and that I'd rather watch a show that unsettled me than something that was merely "good".

No Herter item was merely good: it was World Famous, Patented, Special, "made with infinite care by our most expert old craftsmen," or — my favorite — "actually made far better than is necessary".

Indeed, when 200 passengers were injured during a rush-hour crash of a ferry in November 1978 into a seawall, investigators concluded that it was merely good fortune that no one was killed.

As far as Epstein was concerned it was merely good public relations, and any revenue that arose from the sale of Beatles-endorsed products was regarded as merely extra money that supplemented the Beatles' individual incomes from live performances and record sales.

"If it's merely good, you're in trouble".

In other words, some dishes are merely good.

Tolerating errors in others is merely good sense, prone as we are to screw-ups ourselves.

Shout-outs were merely good business, simply giving the customers what they wanted.

"I am not content for the BBC to be merely good or above average.