Sentence examples for were merely used from inspiring English sources

Union negotiators responded that those figures were merely used as an illustration.

The tweezers were merely used to place edible blooms and micro herbs and tiny shards of this or that which I didn't give a toss about.

Soil profile depictions were merely used to illustrate different orders in a classification system.

She continued by saying that she felt like, in the past, mobile phones were merely used by kids to have voice contact with their parents.

While in the past they were merely used to exchange non time critical data (e.g. parameters and configuration data) nowadays they allow for much more powerful performance.

Up until the Supreme Court's 2014 decision on the Hobby Lobby case, the federal and state RFRA laws were merely used to ensure that the government accommodated individuals' religious activity, Hong said.

She said the Tigers were merely using the cease-fire to regroup and prepare for new offensives.

But defense officials said they had no information that Commander Speicher was still alive, and were merely using the new M.I.A. declaration to press Iraq for a full accounting of the pilot's whereabouts.

But the ducks also held their heads at a constant angle to the horizon, which would not be necessary if they were merely using the spots to steer ahead.

The main street is merely used as a cut-through to and from Central Avenue.

To be sure, he always promises to restore America to past glories, but that pledge is merely used as the coda to a jeremiad.