Sentence examples for was merely looking from inspiring English sources

Tino Martinez, a slugger who has struggled this year, was merely looking for a hit.

The difference Saturday afternoon was that Madden was merely looking to pad the Devils' lead, not create one.

Holding coffee in one gloved hand and a book of poetry in the other, she was merely looking for a moment of peace by the riverside.

McKinnon has not denied the hacking, although he has said that he was merely looking for hidden government evidence of UFOs and other conspiracies.

For despite Pashtun doubts about whether Mr. Rabbani could be trusted, and suspicions that he was merely looking to burnish his legacy, his sincerity in his work over the past year had impressed people.

In December, the Government Finance Officers Association, an influential body, issued a statement saying the accounting board had outlasted its usefulness and was merely looking for "creative new outlets for its standard-setting energies".

Bond market investors are merely looking to a brighter economic future.

Argentina does not play another qualifier until September, and Brazil, as host in 2014, is merely looking for competitive games.

Rather than trying to undermine NATO, Mattis seemed to be suggesting, Trump is merely looking to boost his negotiating leverage.

Some, still in camouflage fatigues, are merely looking for a misplaced fellow soldier wandering in the airport.

It is thought that Mr Chávez is merely looking to boost his flagging support at home by manufacturing an external enemy.