Sentence examples for was merely running from inspiring English sources

He said he was merely running for president like the rest of the candidates, and if he won, he would be the nation's first black president.

A parallel assumption emerged that the 46-year-old Mr. Obama was merely running in 2008 to sow good will for a campaign in 2012 or 2016.

— Mark Twain "I'm merely running some errands.

Belichick said after the game that, without tight-end packages in the game plan, the Patriots were merely running their regular offense.

Outside New York City, Mr. McCall is merely running even with Mr. Golisano, with the support of fewer than one-fifth of upstate and suburban voters -- an extraordinarily weak position for a Democrat.

However, the gas and motor are merely running to further charge the battery, rather than power the wheels of the car.

He bristles at the notion that he's merely running a thinly veiled, digital bordello, choosing instead to describe his site as one that facilitates "mutually beneficial relationships".

But the 2008 campaign has become stutter-step season, one in which it is hard to keep track of the candidates, yes, but also to figure out who is merely "exploring" running, "unofficially" running, "testing the waters" or "starting a conversation with the American people".

Officially, Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer, a Democrat, said in an interview that he was merely thinking about running for governor.

But all this was merely a run-up to the main event.

As in every boom, irrational exuberance was merely rational exuberance run amok.