| 单词 | merely |
| 例句 | Voldemort did not answer at once, but merely sipped his wine. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He jerked his head as if the sound were a boulder I’d thrown at him, but then he merely stood considering, and, after a minute, he pawed the ground again. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I avoided going into my mother’s room now; merely to look at her was painful. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But the way Sander used the word, it implied something more, something better—that I was not merely part of a household, but part of a family. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Nay, I merely—it does not matter to me where you live, of course.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Mrs. Glass immediately gave her hairnet an unnecessary adjustment, then took out her cigarettes and matches, but she merely kept them for a moment in her hand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Sister Nara opened the doors, and the moment that Kaede entered the Council chamber, she knew something was wrong—she could not have been called there merely to be dismissed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Even a horse boy merely entering that surgery would feel confidence in him and his skill. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If they had merely glimpsed the statue through a car window at sixty miles per hour, they could only have made a wild guess at its authenticity. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z They all looked up at Harry as he appeared in the doorway, but he merely nodded to them and continued into the garden, Ron and Hermione behind him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It is not merely that speeches, statistics, and records of every kind must be constantly brought up to date in order to show that the predictions of the Party were in all cases right. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Mr. Diggory looked as though he was going to say something angry, but his wife laid a hand on his arm, and he merely shrugged and turned away. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z ‘If I had to hurt my hand, I’m glad it was while doing something worth while—not merely mending an old spoon.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It wipes out the sensibilities, I merely crawl still farther under the coffin, it shall protect me, though Death himself lies in it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z One did not merely declare himself a follower of Mr. Muhammad, then continue leading the same old, sinful, immoral life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “The rat was merely trying to sleep. Believe me, pup, if I had wanted to kill you we would not be having this conversation,” said Ripred. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Men love to pursue questions without answers merely for the sake of arguing. It is what they do best. Ignore him, Chaya, a rabbi he is not.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z More than merely tall, his tower was grace frozen in iron, as much an evocation of the spirit of the age as Chartres had been in its time. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But his anxieties about class and status were so deep that he could not bear the thought that his own “intelligence” might merely be the by-product of privilege and opportunity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The question/answer technique is slightly more difficult than echoing in that echoing merely imitates what the leader has done, and answering requires the creation of a different rhythm. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He wore a sling as well, but I was fairly certain that was merely a piece of drama he had added on his own. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My view of the world is not merely that of a black man but that of a black man with something of a Jewish soul. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The riders were not, however, content merely to wait for the dawn and let their enemies rest. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I thought the bird was merely trying to impress me with idle gossip: I should have questioned her further. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Andrew, however, merely shook his head and gave one or two low growls. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I merely smiled and rolled over and drifted dreamily out a window. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z No, the roof wasn’t leaking, it was merely her mouth watering. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A walking model of all the various styles of fine hand sewing and it didn’t worry me that I was only twelve years old and merely graduating from the eighth grade. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z On the opposite side of the alley there was a dingy little pub whose windows appeared to be frosted over but in reality were merely coated with dust. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z This does not mean that they merely transcribe optical reality. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of the bees diminished, sustained yet, as though instead of sinking into silence, silence merely increased between us, as water rises. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z To Alvarez, who was chafing in his peacetime harness after spending four postwar years doing basic research, the Soviet bomb represented not merely a crisis but also an opportunity. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If for any reason we find its presence undesirable or merely a matter of indifference, we may condemn it to destruction forthwith. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It may be that our universe is merely part of many larger universes, some in different dimensions, and that Big Bangs are going on all the time all over the place. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It was merely a brief announcement from the Ministry of Plenty. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He would merely pick up a ball of clay and stalk off with it toward the house. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z But no, they were merely changing the music. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z For my part, I merely watched young, deprived female bosoms panting before my handsome husband, soldier of the Lord. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Nobel Prize is merely a new version of Charleton’s colossus. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “The ground should not merely cover the seed. It must embrace it.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The past, he reflected, had not merely been altered, it had been actually destroyed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But the stupid brutes, too ignorant to realise what was happening, merely set back their ears and quickened their pace. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Was Roy merely asking him to bring his passport to make the dismissal easier for him, to give him an exit, or did Roy really believe that the caller had been wrong? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The thoughts inside began to swirl so fast that Harry couldn’t make out anything clearly: It was merely a blur of color. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But cooperation is merely proof of a common goal — in this case the removal of white supremacy — and is not proof of a complete community of interests. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I decided that my wild and irrational desire was merely a vagrant impulse, and that it would not occur again. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I responded that it was merely a fancy head, and hurried it beneath the other sheets. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Are you all right?” he said as the goblin stirred, but Griphook merely whimpered. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Mr Farraday did not seem to understand this statement, for he merely went on: 'I mean it, Stevens. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z There was no question of driving the thing; it was an overwhelming experience to merely sit in it, to see it and touch it, to be in its presence, even at rest. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The University of California, Santa Cruz, was merely a forty-five-minute drive on the curvy roads of Highway 17. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z But the weapon was well aimed and merely lodged in the wood. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She was merely living her life to the fullest. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z This I did not know when I was five; I merely knew a hollowness, as best I can recall it, so windy and sharp I could not stop weeping. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She did not know if this had happened, or had merely become true from being told over and over again, a charmed tale of the beginning of their closeness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Hazel could have pressed his chin glands for satisfaction, but he replied merely, “We shan’t need to go down the hill so much, after all.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z If information could be passed on merely by word of mouth, how little we should know of our past, how slow would be our progress! Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, space being spacious, the average distance between any two of these civilizations is reckoned to be at least two hundred light-years, which is a great deal more than merely saying it makes it sound. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But merely to walk into such a place needed an effort of the nerve. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Though Hoover had avoided the stain of Teapot Dome, he had overseen the bureau’s rogue intelligence division, which had spied on individuals merely because of their political beliefs. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Let us be good neighbors and build communities where the pursuit of happiness is the purpose of life, rather than merely staying alive just so we can cower from fear.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Sister Ibinabo did not like them, she merely watched them and warned them, as though offended by what in them was still fresh and in her was long dried up. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Like any country girl, merely glad to be home again, she flung herself into her father’s arms. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she was merely marking time, as it were, and preparing herself against the moment when her husband’s anger would turn, full force, against her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z To Sullivan, Hunt was merely a relic, Burnham something far more dangerous. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z After all, this is merely our “personal” interpretation, so we turn to the critics for help. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “What would you like?” he says, still with that lightness, as if it’s a money transaction merely, and a minor one at that: candy, cigarettes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Does merely increasing the number of police, however, reduce crime? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She smiled as though Kit had merely stepped outside the door a moment before. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Some of the other teams on the mountain that year, failing to understand that Everest was no longer merely a mountain but a commodity as well, were incensed. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Without electrical forces, there would no longer be things in the universe—merely diffuse clouds of electrons, protons and neutrons, and gravitating spheres of elementary particles, the featureless remnants of worlds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z These expeditions were not merely commercial exploitations, although there was plenty of that. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At first he merely indicated to the boy the whereabouts of his finds; he thought it too undignified to scurry about collecting them himself. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes narrowed, and for a long moment he merely regarded me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z MacQueen said merely, “Oh, yes?” and waited for him to go on. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The neutrons in turn would act upon a secondary target; obtaining the end product one sought was merely a matter of selecting the right secondary target. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As it was, she merely stipulated, “If you bring the boy back with his head blown to bits by a musket, don’t look to me to put it together again.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He merely looked across at his disarmer and said, “Good evening, Draco.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They did not look hostile, nor were they alarmed—since her two companions were familiar to them—but merely curious. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He was not even sure if Cluny was shamming, pretending that his injuries were severe merely as some kind of test or trap that he had set for his captains. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She merely preferred to go to Kavanagh s going-away lunch instead of standing in front of the university library holding a placard. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But he had not recommended it, he had merely left it on the shelf, next to a pile of other books he had finished but meant to go back to. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I could not believe it was merely because I’d seen the steward in the forest the night before. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z With such confidence and no awkwardness at all, Lucas had mentioned my brother as if he were merely inside the house listening to music or watching TV or writing down song lyrics. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z We merely fell into the fear that hangs over the state, a nameless and awful thing. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Or perhaps they will merely pick up and leave for Mars or Europa or Titan or, at last, as Robert Goddard envisioned, seek out an uninhabited planet in some young and promising planetary system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He thumped his tail and grinned, as if he’d merely been seeking affection. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He honesdy believed that the grenadiers and light infantry were merely going to be taught ‘new evolutions.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But this time there was no elaborate praise and his tone of voice indicated that Mother merely had done the sort of competent job that one might expect from a competent woman. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z A few of them stumbled, one or two of them bound in ropes, but those climbing onto the rock behind them merely stepped over or on the fallen bodies. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps the number of books in a child’s home merely indicates how much money his parents make. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Samsa merely nodded to him repeatedly with his eyes open wide. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am not speaking of its prudence; merely its probability.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z For the most part, MDR cases had gone unnoticed or were ignored by the government clinics—a TB death was merely recorded as a TB death. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Father always says I’m conceited, but I’m not, I’m merely vain! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z This conclusion added to public alarm not merely about test fallout but also about the global arms race generally. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Not the routine, not just the fitting together of things that no one had guessed at fitting, not the making of connections; these are merely the workaday details, the methods of operating. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He merely said he would take what we said under consideration. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It is very simple to make and merely involves letting the milk stand in the open air and curdle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But Henrietta’s cells weren’t merely surviving, they were growing with mythological intensity. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z William seemed to feel that merely by coming he had done his share. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z However, it was not merely for their skill as warriors that Beowulf picked them. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Fundamentally, though, the word ‘scientist’ was merely a new and useful word for a type of person who had long been in existence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But in the following days I was often sad, as if I had moved across the ocean, not merely across the courtyard of Elsinore. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “I was merely being prudent,” Lord Fredrick replied, in his merry, thoughtless way, “in case we find another twenty-three grubby children wandering in the forest. Twenty-six letters in the alphabet, what!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z In photographs taken when he arrived a month earlier, he had looked merely sick. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The old soldier took out a pipe, but having no light, merely sucked on the stem. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z So we merely look at them, watching the ants hiding their pill-shaped eggs in panic, the snakes pouring themselves into darkness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But he did not want the complication of marrying her for his papers; one day she would wake up and convince herself that it had never been merely for papers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z By this standard, Jefferson was a more reliable colleague than staunch Federalists who had been reluctant or merely peripheral participants in the climactic phase of the revolutionary drama. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Susan Calvin burst into body-racking gusts of wild laughter, “not dead—merely insane. I confronted him with the insoluble dilemma, and he broke down. You can scrap him now—because he’ll never speak again.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I ask because my mom’s disappointment isn’t merely possible; it’s assured. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Enslavement was not merely the antiseptic borrowing of labor—it is not so easy to get a human being to commit their body against its own elemental interest. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Why merely say something, when they can declare, assert, expostulate, announce, or asseverate it? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Support of civil rights legislation was derided by Southern conservatives as merely “rewarding lawbreakers.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was this combination of daintiness and cultivated speech that misled Macon and invited him to regard her as merely foolish. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z While he did not spell out what this meant, I had a notion of what he was talking about, and I merely nodded. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the second were those judged to be merely “good.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Some of them were dancing, and others merely ran around cooking, as if nakedness were nothing special. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I could not talk to her; I merely listened to her passionate desire to see a circus. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It is easy to read past sentences like these, because we now swim in a sea of facts and think that they are merely a recitation of the obvious. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Numbers had finally become distinct from geometry; numbers were used to do more than merely measure objects. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She tried to shake off his fingers, but Basta merely tightened his grip. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He merely took a great deal of time to inspect Kang’s pieces thoroughly. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Peeta, who spends much of the night roaming the train, hears me screaming as I struggle to break out of the haze of drugs that merely prolong the horrible dreams. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But all that is merely conjecture; no history books survived to tell the tale. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z To be fair, Hucbald merely experimented with this concept rather than invented it; it had been circulating in musical theories since antiquity, as indeed it had in Indian and Chinese musical systems. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She realized that the corridor she had walked in up above was merely a long entranceway, and that the halls around her were the rats’ real living quarters. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “Another Weasley? You breed like gnomes. Isn’t Harry Potter here? I was hoping to meet him. I thought he was a friend of yours, Ronald, or have you merely been boasting?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Meggie felt sure she thought he was merely a liar, and very likely it annoyed her that Capricorn did not agree with her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Perhaps at first he merely reinforced the outlines of such images with a charred stick from the fire, so that others, too, could see what he had found. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He insists there should have been complete compensation in the undamaged part of my cerebral cortex, and that my dragging right side is merely holding on to a habit it learned in infancy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t naive enough to think Klan violence was merely a thing of the past. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She ignored it, believing it was merely hunger pains. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To her surprise, the witch made no move to stop her but merely cackled louder. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I could not speak; and so merely shook my head. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Elnora, whose eyes were too weak to see her stitches, merely sat with some unsewn pillow covers in her lap and closed her eyes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I merely determined to compile a list of all the books I had ever read. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But when Shawn hoisted himself into the saddle, the Yearling merely skittered. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Kaisa seemed unperturbed and merely asked, “When will you be free?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But there is no virtue at all in clinging as some do to tradition merely for its own sake. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps their intention was merely to identify us. It seems like useful information to have, if they intend to use their simulations again.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The Court’s enforcement decree, issued a full year after Brown, seemed conciliatory to segregationists, imposing no deadline for achieving racially mixed schools and calling merely for “good faith implementation.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z For of course, they didn’t content themselves with merely hatching out embryos: any cow could do that. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Apparently,” he said, “apparently our brethren in the Northland are not content merely with the Supreme Court’s activities. They are now trying to change our hymns on us.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But now when I suggested it, she merely turned her head to the side and laid it down in the dust. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Because Min was now attempting inlay work, rather than merely incision, some of the petal and leaf spaces were carved out into little depressions. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Now it seemed merely pink, as if it were fading. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Evidently Kendra had not actually worked magic on the island; she had merely collected an ingredient. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Fleur, Harry noticed, was merely playing with her food; she glanced at the window every few minutes; however, Bill returned before they had finished their first course, his long hair tangled by the wind. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Livingston figured instead that Edlefsen had merely created heavy ions from the atmospheric nitrogen and oxygen left inside the device by poor evacuation technique. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Or, as cynical as it may sound, his possible acceptance of Catholicism may have been merely a theological chess game, a tactic and long-term strategy that he calculated might lead to eternal salvation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps Big Brother was merely getting rid of a too-popular subordinate. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But the bird merely tucked its head in its wing and fell asleep. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Some had merely signed their names in Everlasting Ink; others had carved their initials into the wood, still others had left messages. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z These matters are not merely academic, and there is a direct way in which the mass media’s predilection for dramatic reporting leads to extreme politics and even pseudoscience. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought she merely wanted to warn me that I had a flat tire. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I had merely been called in to give my approval to a decision previously made. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody said hi back except Fred and George, who merely nodded. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They are merely honest and call a thing by its name; for there is a very great deal of fraud, injustice, and baseness in the army. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But Mac merely shrugged his shoulders and said he had no idea. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But it’s merely that I skip the military haircut because they would like the Mockingjay to look as much like the girl in the arena as possible at the anticipated surrender. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Rather than being a limitation, her chair seemed to be merely an extension of her personality. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z While they tried things on I merely watched and critiqued, not in the mood to shop for myself, though I did need new shoes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z You were merely wishing for the end of pain, the monster said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z At first he asked for rice water and cried because there was none, but later he gave up asking and merely cried. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I have taken this story entirely from Sophocles’ play of that name except for the riddle of the Sphinx which Sophocles merely alludes to. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “No apology is necessary. I should have guessed you were not merely a rêveur from the way you wrote about the circus. You know every corner, better than most.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The witch did not step toward them, she did not call to them, she merely stood there, completely still, the center of this desolate universe, while the air bowed to her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Remember that science never actually “proves” anything; it merely contributes to a growing body of evidence about the way our world works. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Married to William Friedman, one of the best code breakers of all time, she is often mentioned merely as his wife. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z If the water hadn’t rejected Yakov, he would have merely been another disappearance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He was in the Golden Country, or he was sitting among enormous, glorious, sunlit ruins, with his mother, with Julia, with O’Brien—not doing anything, merely sitting in the sun, talking of peaceful things. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z We are merely pieces of a grander design, even more insignificant than I imagined. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z That's what is called transposition, because we have merely rearranged or transposed the letters from their original arrangement or order.... The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Frieda and I were not introduced to him—merely pointed out. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z They had not merely restored it; they had turned it into the nation’s leader in commerce, manufacturing, and architecture. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Fallen women were not pulled-down women or pushed women, merely fallen. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z From the way he said this, Mrs. Frisby could tell he did not merely think it, he knew it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “If it were merely a fine house richly furnished,” said she, “I should not care about it myself; but the grounds are delightful. They have some of the finest woods in the country.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z More likely the two older boys discovered that their five-year-old victim did not mind the excursion; that far from struggling and shrieking, he merely gazed at the skeleton with cool appreciation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z At first he merely gazed at me, uncomprehending, repeatedly blinking. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Quite. That’s why there was no hullabaloo to welcome us. They merely tolerated what, to them, must be a constantly recurring psychotic condition.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z When I reached home, I did not tell the family what had happened; I merely told them that I had quit, that I was not making enough money, that I was seeking another job. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z At the hearing, I pointed out that Justice was an adult, and was not obligated to return to Mqhekezweni merely because his father ordered it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But perhaps that is merely because they feel themselves to be more unfortunate than us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z What he means is that he doesn’t want to be merely an onlooker, that there’s no room for him in all that, and he’s right. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z At last, the Rad Lab was humming with excitement over experimental results, not merely from the achievement of building a bigger machine. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She had not merely been attracted to Blaine, she had been arrested by Blaine, and in her mind he had become the perfect American partner that she would never have. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They exist merely to make the passing time feel meaningful and profound. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But this did not mean that they were not communicating; merely that they were not communicating by talking. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some are merely dusty, others tarnished. You shall decide what type of care each one needs.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z This is merely another way of saying what we have known for decades: the development of nuclear weapons and their delivery systems will, sooner or later, lead to global disaster. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The tonics the hospital administered, however, were merely sugar water. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He had not merely said it, he had wished it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The old Antifederalist coalition that Madison had opposed so effectively at the Virginia ratifying convention in 1788 believed with some justification that their cause had never really been defeated, merely outmaneuvered. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Early in December, in the course of a single afternoon, two of the cafe’s steadiest customers announced plans to pack up and leave not merely Finney County but the state. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Obinze sometimes wondered if she bowed while putting it down or whether the bowing was merely in her demeanor, in the slump of her shoulders and curve of her neck. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Luckily, merely a superficial grasp was needed to see why the TMV X-ray picture suggested a helix with a turn every 2 3 A along the helical axis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Any astronomical photograph of a galaxy is merely a snapshot of one stage in its ponderous motion and evolution.* Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The appearance of the constellations changes not only in space but also in time; not only if we alter our position but also if we merely wait sufficiently long. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had merely fallen face down across the bed, as though sleep were a weapon that had struck him from behind. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The family did not prosper, however, and, in fact, struggled merely to stay in place. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z To ensure that the stick would not hurt Seabiscuit, Fitzsimmons had the rider select one that was flat, so it would merely slap his flank. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z That was about five years ago; after that he merely kept the field mowed but not planted. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Actions of any sort in one generation might have incalculable consequences in another, so that merely to sneeze was a pebble thrown into a pond, whose circles might lap the furthest shores. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, no one had paid attention to her panicked screech, as it was merely one among many, but the revelation filled her with fresh dread: Why was Old Timothy at the window? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “A man of ordinary power, who nevertheless does not shirk things merely because they are disagreeable or irksome, soon earns his place,” Roosevelt once stated. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Warburg’s ideas received confirmation in 1953 when other workers were able to turn normal cells into cancer cells merely by depriving them of oxygen intermittently over long periods. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Only Violet didn’t cry, but merely trembled with fear and revulsion, a word which here means “an unpleasant mixture of horror and disgust.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z At first the general opinion was that I was merely an unlucky bystander, or that I had somehow pried the wheel off the church. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The enslaved people on Saint Domingue were not merely fighting against the terrible conditions on the island. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z My father had proceeded to stand there for some moments, saying nothing, merely holding open the door. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Although more and more people were learning how to read, the artisans still had signs above their shops, not wishing to lose a possible patron merely because he happened to be illiterate. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It is not merely the denial of the housing application but the shame of being a grown man who has to beg his grandmother for a place to sleep at night. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Ifemelu told the story with a false openness, as though it was merely a curiosity for her, and not something she had chosen to goad Laura. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I hadn’t doused the fires, merely slowed them down enough to give the townsfolk and their buckets a fighting chance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Whites punished under the new legislation were merely hung, not put on display. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z This time, there was no laughter; merely an astonished silence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Most of them stay, but they stay behind, out of the way, they watch merely. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z That the Nazis merely meant to walk us to death. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z They did not want the content of her ideas; they merely wanted the gesture of her presence. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “This is merely the antechamber, the entrance hall,” said Dumbledore after a moment or two. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z In that case what is merely mentioned can become true. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z No, she told herself, she’d merely followed her instincts, and her instincts did not make the kinds of distinctions having Japanese blood demanded. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Past them swooped the blue hawk, gliding down and down into the gloom, with each flaring light making his feathers flicker as he passed it, until he was merely a tiny spark, and then nothing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Deep down I guess I had always known my Gypsy history was merely Uri’s story, not reality. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z There would be an endless pilgrimage of Dwarves, merely to gaze at them, if such things were known to be. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Shan laughed, short sounds that seemed cut off prematurely, as though more were supposed to follow but did not, and because she merely laughed, not saying anything, Ifemelu added, “It’s interesting.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Eugenics was merely an applied form of genetics for Galton, just as agriculture was an applied form of botany. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I even offered to read some of Tagore’s poems to him, but he merely shook his head. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z So he stayed close to the wall, and ran down the dusty, foot-wide walkway that jutted out merely inches from the outer rail. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z There is an innocence in him that I have found merely foreign and foolish; yet in another moment that seeming innocence reveals a discipline of knowledge and a largeness of purpose that awes me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z If anyone actually ever came, usually in the hope of selling us food, they did not knock on the door but merely hung about the yard until we took notice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We merely throw the earth in on them. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Is it contempt I read, or indifference, is this merely what he expected of me? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Since our machinist needed at least three days merely to turn out the more simple phosphorus atoms, I went back to Clare after lunch to hammer out the final draft of my genetics manuscript. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z This concern gets wide agreement among researchers, even when they disagree about whether our gadgets are actually addictive, or merely compelling. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Beethoven, inspired by study of and admiration for Handel and Bach, merely had the idea of appending to a symphony something you might expect in an oratorio. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z His jaw dropped, not merely from astonishment but from horror. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z And so he scurried away from his father, stopped when his father remained standing, and scampered forward again when his father merely stirred. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z But she merely nods and takes no special notice. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it had not been merely the stars to which he had aspired on that June night. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z But at first, thinking they were merely trying to attract attention in order to say hello, Linda smiled self-consciously and waved. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One merely has to witness the infectious singing at African rallies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was very beautiful, I thought at the time, so beautiful that I did not know whether I should express admiration to the extent I felt it or merely act polite. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Gabriel was not the type of boy to assume that he had to merely yell or bang on walls or jump up and down against the floor to get someone’s attention from the outside. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z All three powers merely continue to produce atomic bombs and store them up against the decisive opportunity which they all believe will come sooner or later. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Hasn’t it ever occurred to you that in your promiscuous pursuit of women you are merely trying to assuage your subconscious fears of sexual impotence?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Wilbur was merely suffering the doubts and fears that often go with finding a new friend. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z But Princess Sophia has always changed what she looks like, as if she were merely donning a different dress. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z What I have always assumed in him to be bravery may be merely an ignorance of consequences. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z To resist occupation, whether you’re a nation or merely a woman, you must understand the language of your enemy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our readers have a right to the truth, Harry. I am merely doing my — “Who cares if he’s half-giant?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Oh no, merely friendly with the local barmen,” said Dumbledore lightly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The ancestors were telling her something was wrong, or perhaps they merely wanted her to stop putting off her trip to Zimbabwe. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wouldn’t they like to have a statement from you, even though you merely say ‘I am innocent’?” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was merely one symptom of her revolt against the Party and all its ways, and somehow it seemed natural and healthy, like the sneeze of a horse that smells bad hay. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “I merely thought him a fool who had long since been left behind.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Rather, the term merely means that any band “leadership” is informal and acquired through qualities such as personality, strength, intelligence, and fighting skills. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “You mean that it was merely a choice of the man dying, of both the man and yourself dying. Is that right?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Into the smoky air under the roof the goddess merely darted to perch on a blackened beam— no figure to be seen now but a swallow. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was curious that he seemed not merely to have lost the power of expressing himself, but even to have forgotten what it was that he had originally intended to say. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z A half-moon lit the path, and Nhamo saw that the leopard was merely a tangle of leaves by the water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Three years later, he enrolled in first grade—for free, because his mom taught there—at the Kalman School, merely one year younger than most of his classmates. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z He saw the brother and sister running down the marble staircase ahead and aimed jinxes at them, but merely hit several bewigged witches in a portrait on the landing, who ran screeching into neighboring paintings. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z For that matter, it would have been nice merely to be in the Tower itself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept telling myself that the sweating palms, the tightness in my chest, the desire to put my arms around her were merely biochemical reactions. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “I am merely being frank. I don’t believe in sugar- coating things for the young. That is how I was raised, and I turned out perfectly well.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z She said quietly, “When the human to be struck is merely another robot.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The British had forbidden the General Court to meet, but the Massachusetts men had merely changed the name of their legislative body and gone on sitting. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She had received pages and pages of messages, words she said she had merely written down. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The collectors merely assert that they are valuable. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z None of this is to suggest that those who break the law bear no responsibility for their conduct or exist merely as “products of their environment.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Others, led by an instinct that simulates foresight, merely lay their eggs on a leaf so that a browsing caterpillar will eat them inadvertently. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z With a chilling smirk, Capricorn answered merely with a smile. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “You were merely reacting according to your kind,” he said. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I was merely along for the ride—very precariously, as it turned out—which reminded me once again how really minor man can be when it comes to competing for space and time and food. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As it lay beneath him, its wings and its body immobile, it merely looked up at him with its dark eyes and blinked. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z But the truth is, I was merely fearless. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She was learning also to overyeast the bread and weight the mugs, so that much of what she served was merely air or iron. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Isn’t hate merely the result of wounded love? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He might merely be riding down to New York. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There is talk of the difficulty of Russian names, students confessing merely to skimming them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to say it all the time, even when he merely wiped his long hair back over his head like a rock star and remained silent. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z In South Africa, to merely achieve fairness, one had to destroy apartheid itself, for it was the very embodiment of injustice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned, opened his mouth as if to speak, but instead merely gave Aunt Queen a hard look as he put the cigarette back. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Although happy to praise his methodology, many maintained that he had found not the age of the Earth but merely the age of the materials from which the Earth had been formed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Perhaps he hoped for an answer this time, or perhaps he merely paused for emphasis, since he got no answer. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything else, stretching back throughout recorded time, was merely a history of those exceptions who had tried to change the world and had failed. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z I was merely foolish, when I had felt myself dramatic. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z My laughter was unreal after all, merely a gasp for air. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I struggled to free myself, but Edward merely readjusted me so that I was somewhat more conventionally seated on his lap. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z But when she arrived in Baltimore knowing she was going to live there, and not merely visiting Curt, she thought it forlorn and unlovable. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z What Dr. Gazzaley and his team want to do is not merely understand how the brain works when confronted with a demand to widen attention. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Stamped out not merely by fear but by being forgotten, by the complacency of the world around her. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Here are some figures, in thousands, for the production of individual copies of printed books: of necessity, they are merely sophisticated estimates. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The planet earth produces no light of its own, but merely reflects sunlight, just as the moon does. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Zillah’s gauzy constructions appear to me to have a confidence and subtlety, an assurance, that my own paintings lack: in this context my pictures are too highly finished, too decorative, too merely pretty. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z So when Frank awoke one night in August and saw something very odd up at the old house, he merely assumed that the boys had gone one step further in their attempts to punish him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He merely stretched on his stool a little and shrugged his shoulders when Father Nicanor began to rise up from the ground along with the chair he was sitting on. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Many animals could tell the difference between hostile hunters and friendly people by merely looking at them. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In here, people didn’t seem to care at all about me; no one looked at me, eyes merely glanced off my face and body as they scanned the room. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They arranged some type of work for us to do in the courtyard, but it was merely a fig leaf to hide their capitulation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad and Matthew looked gruff and Mark merely looked serious—strange enough for him—but tears were streaming down Mother’s face. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z On the contrary, since the Harlem idea of seduction is, to put it mildly, blunt, whatever these people saw in me merely confirmed my sense of my depravity. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Hermione turned faintly pink, but merely said, “Don’t let Lavender hear you saying that.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Having removed this impediment, and lifted certain silvery envelopes of tissue paper, she merely exclaimed— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He could protect the girls, instead of merely...well, keeping them hydrated. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Though the heron is merely being observed by an unidentified birdwatcher at this point in the passage, the passive voice keeps it in the reader’s spotlight of attention. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She merely filled plates and set them before us. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Then, late in the afternoon of the second day, when Scythe Goddard had enough, he merely whispered so and word spread quickly. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Great is a judgment on a woman’s body. Perky is merely an observation. They are perky. I mean, Christ.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I mentioned to a policeman that I thought he needed reinforcements but he merely shrugged. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And he wasn’t merely a drunk inflicting his delusions of talent on a captive audience. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At most, some of them merely adopted Austronesian languages, possibly in order to communicate with the long-distance traders who linked societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She was heartbroken for someone else, and I was merely a stand-in for my grandfather. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Her family had little sympathy for what they considered merely the histrionics of a spoiled child. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The successful members of the senior class were merely going through the motions. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Tom Riddle merely smiled as the others laughed again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He merely told him to come by King Walker’s, a gas station about two miles up the road, right around sundown. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he would hold up his hand and halt them, while he went forward a little, crouching, testing the ground with fingers or toes, or merely listening with one ear pressed to the earth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Or was the rough, genial, stout-hearted old major merely going along for the fun of it? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And all the men and women merely players. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z Hadn’t she merely befriended him out of pity? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z During Council’s trial, one of his lawyers pointed out that the driver was merely upholding North Carolina’s segregation law. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In fact, accepted literally, perhaps the phrase was accurate, even if to each, the other were merely the light and dark pattern of a bank of photocells. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “No sir. It’s merely to satisfy my curiosity.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He made a violent effort to raise himself into a sitting position, and merely succeeded in wrenching his body painfully. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Ron had given up completely, and was merely trying to avoid breathing in the putrid fumes issuing from his cauldron. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Fastening his cloak at his neck, he merely said, “Until next Saturday, everybody, and do not forget: Destination. Determination. Deliberation.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She merely wanted other women to cast favorable glances her way. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z To make sure that all written records agree with the orthodoxy of the moment is merely a mechanical act. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She glanced down the long, low-ceilinged livingroom at the double row of women, women she had merely known all her life, and she could not talk to them five minutes without drying up stone dead. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z At night, he was certain they were dead; in the daylight, merely maimed and half dead. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It turned out that the bruises were from bullets that had merely torn my flesh as they missed killing me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She raised her wand the moment she entered; Harry and Ron both flinched, but she merely pointed it at the empty fireplace, where flames suddenly erupted. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z When her husband called her attention to die children wrapping themselves into her curtains, she merely smiled and said, “Oh, let them be.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I'm anxious to get to the auditorium, but it seems unfair to Tiny merely to wear jeans and a Willy the Wildkit T-shirt to the most important event of his life. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z He takes a step back from me, as though I am the one who did the shocking thing instead of merely doing what he ordered. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Actually, Captain Flume slept like a log most nights and merely dreamed he was awake. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He merely sat exhausted on a block of stone and watched dully while Gebu conferred with Pai or strode about examining the progress of the work. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was merely a matter of dropping the right word in the right place quickly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z There was a conversation going on, and Laila knew that she was at one end of it, but she felt removed from it, as though she were merely eavesdropping. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The room was dimly lit; he thought it might even be underground, for there were no windows, merely torches in brackets such as the ones that illuminated the walls of Hogwarts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “It just seems that way, I told you. It’s merely logic and wisdom. To the death?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Not bad, merely misunderstood. The umdhlebi tree is very old, very wise, and rather temperamental when offended.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She was merely furious that her parents, and Jamie’s too, had been so stingy that she had been away from home for less than one whole day and was already worried about survival money. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z All this is of much more than academic interest, for the new and economical “gyplure” might be used not merely in census operations but in control work. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Here she is, merely twenty years old and thousands of miles from the pastures of France, washing out the dressings of lepers and awful miscarriages, yet she’s electrified by my narrow escape. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Lord Roke prepared to spring, but the priest merely listened to Mrs. Coulter’s steady breathing, looked closely to see whether she was asleep, and then turned to the bedside table. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Or perhaps it was merely the shaking of his own. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Hamilton was, after George Washington, the most powerful figure in the Federalist party and, his advocates would have added, the intellectual wellspring for all the political energy that Washington merely symbolized. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In some versions of the story, the brother became the sun; in others, he merely supervised its workings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Perhaps he had already done so and was merely waiting to arrest them in his own time? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t mean to deny that the game was a causal factor in some of these suicides, but merely to put the matter in perspective. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He moved over to the window: a smallish, frail figure, the meagemess of his body merely emphasized by the blue overalls which were the uniform of the Party. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She knew firsthand how high the stakes were in Odessa, how “goin’ to State” was not something merely desired but demanded. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike conventional police departments, the Guard’s mandate explicitly emphasized the novel idea of preventing crime rather than merely arresting wrongdoers after the fact. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And fantasy it was, for we were not strong, only aggressive; we were not free, merely licensed; we were not compassionate, we were polite; not good, but well behaved. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather than insisting that there was no such thing as magic, they began to merely suggest that perhaps magic was not as prevalent as it once was. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a ticklish situation, granted he was the boss, the Count merely an underling, still, no one in all Florin had Rugen’s skills. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Studies reporting small nonzero correlations are often merely reporting chance fluctuations, and are about as meaningful as a coin being flipped fifty times and not coming up heads half the time. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Some tell themselves it is merely a drill. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Our interest arises no doubt from the remnant of a primitive belief that an image captures not merely the likeness but also the soul of a sitter. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I have given orders to the night attendant merely to shut him in the padded room, when once he is quiet, until an hour before sunrise. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z She did not answer, but merely crossed out a few of his feebler sentences in a weary sort of way. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He waited for Uncle Vernon to say something, but he merely continued to glare. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A reasonable amount of cheating ensued; many people were merely whispering the incantation instead of saying it aloud. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The hearth was merely a continuation of the din floor. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was merely a pretext to invite her to lunch, which I did. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After he closes the bag, he throws it over his shoulder; whether to keep or merely carry it, Werner cannot guess. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Often I think that the sky is becoming lighter on the horizon, but it may be merely my imagination. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was her horse that convinced him, or her fine clothes, for it could not have been her words, but he merely shrugged toward the line of marquees. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But perhaps by merely accepting a bowl from them, she had fallen into their power. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A lot of astronomers believe it isn’t a planet at all, but merely the largest object so far found in a zone of galactic debris known as the Kuiper belt. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Was I here merely as part of a social experiment? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Their costumes had been torn off, and they were merely a group of foolish-looking men. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Pap& hadn’t broken with this woman but merely moved her off the grounds and into town. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The domes—of which there were hundreds instead of merely dozens—weren’t quite the right shape. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z To me they were merely people like other people, yet somehow strangely different because I had never come in close touch with any of them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was perfectly possible that she had merely been sent to a forced-labor camp. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The horse was not the source of the answer but merely a reflection of the trainer’s knowledge of the answer. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He merely asked us to leave because we were trespassing. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z There was no mysticism, no invoking of God, merely a passionate identification of all present with a will to right wrongs. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Not even when Strauss came by to introduce his daughter and her husband did Oppie turn around, instead merely offering a hand over his shoulder in silent greeting. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was not unpleasant or frightening; it was merely quietly insistent. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She thought she could raise him up, help him make good on his potential, not merely as a mechanic but as the owner of his own workshop. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “We move from crisis to crisis, merely trading one problem for another,” said Dr. Pickett. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Many Africans died of malnutrition, overwork, or injuries inflicted by punishments—and were merely replaced by a fresh crop from the slave boats. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Few of the crew were in sight, but hundreds of spectators gathered every day merely to stare at them. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And the answer returned to him like the tolling of a distant bell: merely for the truth. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I sat down and put my elbows on my knees and my chin on my fists and merely watched. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z And not merely that, but a truth that informs you that “the world is not what you think it is. And, by the way, neither are you.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A summary of the last 13,000 years of New World and western Eurasian history makes clear how Europe’s conquest of the Americas was merely the culmination of two long and mostly separate historical trajectories. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I merely postulated that you call your grandfather ‘Grim’ because he's grim. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Every tree, every stone, was merely a shadow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The students nodded, emphatically agreeing with a statement which upwards of sixty-two thousand repetitions in the dark had made them accept, not merely as true, but as axiomatic, self-evident, utterly indisputable. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Alice’s marriage to Isaac was merely an informal agreement since Isaac was a slave, or had been a slave. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z At first it had been merely a whisper, as if a feather were lightly brushing against her, but now it came more insistently, like a child pulling at her hand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Little by little, drawn on by the boy’s sureness of understanding, the young Master began to do more than merely tell him of these mysteries. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Nowadays, in English, we can no more have a merely plausible proof than we can have a false fact; but Boyle is using ‘proof’ differently from us. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The sleeping bags and clothing didn’t dry, but they were reduced from soaking wet to merely damp. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “The circus is merely a venue,” he says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The branches were empty of birds but still had many berries, and some of those that had been merely red yesterday were now a dark maroon to black. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The scorching malice of his expression was enough to make any normal person quail, but Lord Roke merely smiled. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Despite its success, the new laws in North Carolina had rendered the station inoperable—he was visiting the mine merely to leave a message for the underground railroad that he could accept no more passengers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The pile of logs they had made was still lying there untouched, as if Count Olaf had merely made them chop logs for his own amusement, rather than for any purpose. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z This begins the engagement of their top-down attention systems, as the children focus on what’s happening in the show—the content—rather than merely being drawn in by the lights and sounds. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The boy merely looked at her and put a narrow piece of meat in his mouth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It has been claimed that Tassoni expresses a sense of liberation from the schoolroom of antiquity, but his claim is merely that the moderns must find a place in the schoolroom alongside the ancients. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When the white blade of his oar entered the black water, it merely murmured. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The Communist party felt that it had to assassinate me morally merely because I did not want to be bound by its decisions. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The guard at the entrance merely stopped them and told them to check their cases and book bags. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He merely assured Inspector Thomas Mathew that as far as he was concerned Velutha did not have the patronage or the protection of the Communist Party. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, during the whole day, if he wanted to pick his teeth or merely to chew on something, he had only to reach up for one of them. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Not merely the love of one person, but the animal instinct, the simple undifferentiated desire: that was the force that would tear the Party to pieces. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z My brother and sisters uttered timid “Yes, Mamas,” but I merely nodded, too shocked to talk. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked merely curious again, unsatisfied in some way. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The other dogs—the black, the brown with the lopped-off tail, the small whitish one, and the droopy orange runt—merely looked alert and regarded her with neutral interest. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Kaede had the eerie suspicion that they were merely there to watch them, to assess their strengths and weaknesses. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Terrance would not be content to merely discipline her for running away; he would make her life an ornate hell until he got bored, then have her dispatched in a gory exhibition. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I have told them that if I tell the simple truth, it doesn’t mean that I am anti-Semitic; it means merely that I am anti-exploitation. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “None of these creatures are good. Not the way we think of good. None are safe. Much of morality is peculiar to mortality. The best creatures here are merely not evil.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Or maybe he was just too hungry these days to think and Kevin’s death was merely an excuse. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Unlike fog, it didn’t merely drift and settle, tumbling downward, heavier than the air. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z One reason the merely rich will fare much less well than the very richest is the alternative minimum tax. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He sounded genuinely interested, not like he was merely torturing a student. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They also learned that what had seemed a brutal workout schedule in the fall was merely a whisper of what Al Ulbrickson and Tom Bolles had in mind for them now. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The old rabbi merely said, “After all the miraculous things you have seen and done, this you cannot believe?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z My being an American Muslim changed the attitudes from merely watching me to wanting to look out for me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They have immense power not merely to poison Tut to enter into the most vital processes of the body and change them in sinister and often deadly ways. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The crowd swarmed away in a panic, people screaming and scrambling to escape the gunshots, and what had been merely confusion deteriorated into total chaos. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And it made me feel better in some obscure way: imagining myself a hero, rushing fearlessly for the gun, instead of merely loitering in the bullet’s path like the bystander which I so essentially am. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Absolute control through a monopoly was the goal, not merely building a successful business. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But I knew, in the way I knew Dieter at some level did think about shooting me when he merely joked about it, that he was serious. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Where blacks merely maintained they were issuing warnings, whites heard implicit promises of violence. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z To him I’m no longer merely a usable body. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t refer merely to the glaring fact that the minister eventually acquires houses and Cadillacs while the faithful continue to scrub floors and drop their dimes and quarters and dollars into the plate. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z In the 1970s, under Brezhnev, the feeling was not merely of no progress but of retrogression. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It would be enough merely to see her, as it had been in the fields or when he’d hid behind the cedar log and watched her fold her family’s laundry. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Patient research eventually revealed, however, that the Augurey merely sings at the approach of rain. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the Reverend Buckland, as pious a soul as the nineteenth century produced, noted that nowhere did the Bible suggest that God made Heaven and Earth on the first day, but merely "in the beginning." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes it’s like he barely went to Georgetown, merely powered through a series of lectures that happened to be in the same geographical area. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Shortly after dawn, when the sky turned not rosy and welcoming as it does in summer but merely a lighter shade of gray, the midwife kicked her awake. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Even some of Copernicus’ admirers argued that he had not really believed in a Sun-centered universe but had merely proposed it as a convenience for calculating the motions of the planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Some buildings were merely singed, but others were little more than ash and cinders. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z That’s a huge number, much bigger than merely saying it would lead you to suppose. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The merely rich, making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, will shoulder a disproportionate share of the tax burden. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Instead of struggling with the knots in my wet hair, I merely place my hand on a box that sends a current through my scalp, untangling, parting, and drying my hair almost instantly. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “You see,” continued Cutie, easily, “you have merely put together parts already made. You did remarkably well—instinct, I suppose—but you didn’t really create the robot. The parts were created by the Master.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Similarly, you would prefer if the movements included along with the song were indigenous to the song itself and not merely added on as movement unassociated with the culture. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Having no desire to renew our conflict, I merely nodded. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “The most beautiful part of the sale, Goubert, is that it’s a project completely by students. The students sell the chocolates. The school merely ad-ministers the project. It’s your sale, your project.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It is merely that I have been so busy, I have not had time to see to the matter.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He extended it and squinted through its light at Ranofer, but merely grunted without interest when he saw who it was, and turned back to Ibni. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z His eyes, merely intent before, now burned with an uncontrollable need. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z But Kvasir merely smiled, and he left the gods puzzling over his words, and he put on a traveling cloak, and he left Asgard and walked the rainbow bridge. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Chapter 1, like Chapter 3, had not actually told him anything that he did not know; it had merely systematized the knowledge that he possessed already. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Gebu would merely deny that he had ever seen the gold. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It now appeared that Snowball had not, as the animals had previously imagined, merely attempted to lose the Battle of the Cowshed by means of a stratagem, but had been openly fight-ing on Jones’s side. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Our eyes closed, we merely waited for the next stop, to unload our dead. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Unique is a good example: a crisp and accurate word meaning “one of a kind,” now frequently degraded to merely “unusual.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In another, misfortune had merely bided time: There was no escape. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They had merely switched the fuel that moved the pistons. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He was surrounded by chess officials, players, journalists, and the merely curious, and within hours of touching down in Yugoslavia he was at the board playing, analyzing, and talking chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He walked back to his room like he had merely gone to get a glass of water. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Other lucky children might merely be thrashed for their sins, but we Price girls are castigated with the Holy Bible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I merely hung my head as she poured out her disappointment on me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She’s not grateful, merely confirmed, in her opinion of me, or of herself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z After that, it merely became part of the routine. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They were not considered independent workers at all but merely helpmates to their husbands and fathers. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then I wonder if perhaps my mother, who had always reflected so perfectly the will of my father, had that night merely been reflecting mine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It merely explained what was being done and why, and threatened like treatment to the next buyer of stolen weapons. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll admit that this Frankenstein Complex you’re exhibiting has a certain justification—hence the First Law in the first place. But the Law, I repeat and repeat, has not been removed—merely modified.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I don’t mean to imply I merely treasure the folks around me for the way they help. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He could, any moment, by merely saying ‘commandeer.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Not content merely to have extracted from Nature the laws of planetary motion, Kepler endeavored to find some still more fundamental underlying cause, some influence of the Sun on the kinematics of worlds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet when Nicholas and Ojiugo visited, he disliked how strenuously they tried to be positive, to pretend, almost, as though he was merely ill in hospital and they had come to visit him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In reality, all of those dates are merely attempts to label arbitrary points along a continuum. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We know merely what disasters his mendacity occasioned. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I merely waited upon her, knowing that she was suffering. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Non-human entities do not exist merely to provide for the needs of man. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And now the children could see that it did not merely look golden but was of real, soft gold. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “So now that we don’t have different clothes,” I say, “you merely have different women.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I merely felt drawn in by those rattling, loose numbers needing their call to order. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He told his daughters they were merely going to Iran to visit family, so both girls mistakenly thought they'd be returning to their lives at school. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He was merely helping to restore Durham to order. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z To this perpetual accusation Elizabeth had never replied; she merely regarded her aunt with a wide-eyed, insolent stare, meant at once to register her disdain and to thwart any pretext for punishment. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Justice de Wet said he was not interested in hearing political speeches, that we should merely plead not guilty or guilty. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can I try some?” he asked, and the baker beside the cake, clutching his floppy wet chef’s hat, merely shrugged. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But he was not a mover-and-shaker, only a draftsman; the words he wrote were merely the lyrical expression of ideas that had been bandied about in the Congress and the various colonial legislatures for years. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z If we could enter a cell, many of the molecular specks we would see would be protein molecules, some in frenzied activity, others merely waiting. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But Claudius merely waved the men away and bade them join him in feasting that night. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He made a half gesture to the woman who sat beside him, but her thin, bloodless lips merely pursed themselves a trifle. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He was not merely adroit and not merely powerful, he was faithless. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “But no, I am not in a hurry. I was merely concerned that you would not make the plane.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z One would not expect someone at Berkeley to ignore a first-rate problem merely because someone at Cal Tech had started first. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Some might argue that as disturbing as this system appears to be, there is nothing particularly new about mass incarceration; it is merely a continuation of past drug wars and biased law enforcement practices. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The unspeakable malevolence of the message is now buried deep inside the word, and out on the surface it presents itself as merely an obscenity. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sisters merely praised the Lord and proceeded to save a dozen people from snakebite; more than we’ve lost. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not answer, she merely looked at him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His face merely expressed disgust and, perhaps, disappointment. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They don’t merely disagree on political issues, each side believes the other is evil. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z As always, I was electrically aware of Edward sitting close enough to touch, as distant as if he were merely an invention of my imagination. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I am sorry, but do not take it so much to heart. He is still young and merely plays at being a lover.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When he returned to purchase the sword, he merely looked at it a moment. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I had merely been waiting to see how long I would look before giving up. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble." Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z There wasn’t anything warm or lively to attract them—merely long, low, narrow sheds by the thousands, with no lights inside. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “That is merely a fragment of the whole.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had, after all, actually dealt with yellow fever firsthand, while Currie had merely studied the disease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “I merely seek to make your ultimate choice fair and honest.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I felt a great hunger for something merely pleasurable, for something people call “fun.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In his instructions to Van Ness, who had become his designated representative in the exchange, Burr explained that the Cooper letter was merely the most recent libel against him by Hamilton. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It was simply, merely there, a whisper of featherwings, reminding him of the moment he dreaded above all others, the moment when the not wanting to be a wringer would turn to becoming one. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Kaori wanted to explain that they weren’t merely lines, but she figured it was best to leave well enough alone, as her father liked to say. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Dancing at the French court, though, was not merely a way of passing a pleasant evening. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He had merely requested that they leave Harry alone, that nobody ask him questions or badger him to tell the story of what had happened in the maze. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Had the naked man in the tree at Snowden’s funeral been merely a hallucination? Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “It was short—merely to announce—but cheerful, exulting, of course.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z He swung his right arm upward to shake Harry’s hand, but at the last moment seemed unable to face it, and merely closed his fist and began swinging it backward and forward like a metronome. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I merely gave Leah the very sensible advice that she should think twice about going to Angola because the Marxists are taking it over. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He brought the Candle closer but the Letters were repellant & I believe were merely our Letters backward. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He was merely trying, that sigh suggested, to drag us all toward enlightenment through the marrow of our own poor female bones. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not merely a misguided project; it was sinister. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had never loved him so deeply as at this moment, and not merely because he had stopped the pain. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Writers is merely a descriptive adjective: it tells you what kind of workshop this is—one for writers. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z To say I had stolen money was merely Aycliffe’s excuse to declare me a wolf’s head. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Instead of merely helping nature to heal the body, Mitchell was telling doctors to command and direct it along the proper course. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I had no sense of being inferior or superior to the people about me; 1 merely felt that they had had no chance to learn to live differently. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Once again, ma’am, I’m asking merely in a spirit of friendly enquiry.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I gladly advanced; and it was not merely a cold word now, or even a shake of the hand that I received, but an embrace and a kiss. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z As physicists began to delve into this subatomic realm, they realized that it wasn’t merely different from anything we knew, but different from anything ever imagined. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Not while they are merely drifting peacefully below us,” said Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Instead of crying out for help, she merely goggled at him as they fled past the spot where he stood. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus the orchestra, instead of merely providing the musical backing for the characters to sing to, was able to express or hint at the meaning of the stage action, even in passages without singing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I did not ask for information. I was merely commenting on Professor Lupin’s lack of organization.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He was an example of folly being as fatal as sin, for he meant no harm; he merely did not use any intelligence. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Being a suppression, not merely a repression, it produced not frustration, but something more ominous, perhaps, in the long rim: passivity. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Now, merely to avert any ill-luck, I babble mechanically: “I will fulfil everything, fulfil everything I have promised you—” but already I know that I shall not do so. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that he had any intention of using it today—it was merely a part of the spectacle. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z By contrast, the merely good students had totaled eight thousand hours, and the future music teachers had totaled just over four thousand hours. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Instead of quelling the laughter of the two men who sat with him, it merely increased it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But if a grownup American of indeterminable age asked her for directions, invariably speaking too quickly, she merely shrugged and smiled an inane smile. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z On closer examination, it merely proves to reflect the ubiquitous role of geography in the transmission of human culture and technology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He had merely glanced at the headline when he had taken the rolled-up paper from the delivery owl early that morning and thrown it aside, after noting that it said nothing about Voldemort. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They did not become Zionists; they merely became silent. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Gone, too, were the days when special agents were merely investigators.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The Tiger General merely folded his hands behind his back. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a tranquillity born of sheer immensity; it calms with its very magnitude, which renders the merely human of no consequence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I felt profoundly that they were traveling in the right direction, yet if their having power to rule had depended merely upon my lifting my right hand, I would have been afraid to do so. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He fought a rising hysteria that was not merely anxiety to free his aching feet; his very life depended on the release of the knots. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Neither of them had had entity or individuality for him for ten years; together they merely symbolised the job in the bank of which he had been deprived before he ever got it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It was merely a question of learning to think as they thought. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z We set our stay-at-home on the date of the proclamation to indicate that such a change for us was merely cosmetic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was merely following orders given by One who is wiser than you or I. It is part of my penance.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z ‘Sam!’ cried Frodo, feeling that amazement could go no further, and quite unable to decide whether he felt angry, amused, relieved, or merely foolish. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Writers and intellectuals, such as the world-famous novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose books depicted life in Soviet prison camps or gulags, were lucky by comparison—he merely found himself permanently ejected from his homeland in 1974. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Or was he, as some historians claim, merely trying to understand the nature of hybridity in peas? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z As soon as Ranofer felt reasonably safe in doing so, he walked quietly into the shop too, trying to appear as if he had merely come to work as on every other day. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z They were merely tinkering in a technological society. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He must have noticed this, because he looks at me, puzzled, gives a little frown I choose to interpret as concern, though it may merely be irritation. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the prisoners underwent the examination in groups of twelve; they merely recited a sort of confessional and catechism, got their anti-kemmer shot, and were released to work. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The maid said nothing, merely bowed her head. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Maybe her transformation was merely a temporary shift in my perspective—for that moment, perhaps the perspective was his, that of the brother I hated, and loved. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If the copyists are merely conscientious, they produce works of craft. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “You misunderstand. This is not a punishment. Curiosity is human; I merely allowed you to get it out of your system. I have to say, it took you long enough.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But immigration is merely restoring the diversity that America held for thousands of years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He merely held out a bowl in which he had placed a small mound of rice and a little pile of boiled greens. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z ‘I wonder if you are being very brave,’ he said quiedy after a moment, as if he was debating the matter in his head, ‘rather than merely disrespectful. Perhaps that’s not such a bad thing.’ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z I had merely confronted my comrades, stated what I felt, and had let it go at that. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z From merely stealing drinks from private fountains after dark, Boots became bolder. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I read them not merely because I loved black music—I did—but because of the writing itself. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He merely set type, pulled proofs as usual. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He sounded genuinely interested, not like he was merely torturing a student. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z If his productions are merely almost transcendent, when the possibility of true transcendence exists somewhere nearby, waiting to be attained, then there is something else that must be done. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Ascended to the next plane, merely a pair of eyes floating through a dopamine haze. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Maybe they could see my atoms, and I was merely bits of organic code for them to manipulate. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z As Jefferson saw it, the American Revolution had been merely the opening shot in a global struggle against tyranny that was destined to sweep over the world. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But Ogden Loring seemed unconcerned whether his class applauded his material or not; he merely tested them on every single facet of classroom life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I decide to stay in here tonight, bunking with Sausun, rather than be in a room by myself, with Farooq merely two staircases away. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z What they stole from us was not merely our lives, but our ability to choose. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The narrow, stifling galleries turned endlessly; he could not be sure whether they were making real progress or whether the tunnel was merely doubling back on itself. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “It was merely a foolish dare,” I repeated, too ashamed to give voice to the joy and desire. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “An obligation you already had, and a person you will not meet for some time. The details are not important at this point. This is merely a necessary technicality.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He was merely giving to them just the start, like other people get an inheritance, a hope chest of what they would work hard for in the rest of their lives. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In the next moment, I was neither; I was merely terrified, for our turn had come to shoot the bridge. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He tried to hatch new plans, but soon it was all he could do merely to keep himself alive. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z To hold an attitude of antagonism or distrust toward Jews was bred in us from childhood; it was not merely racial prejudice, it was a part of our cultural heritage. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy who raised his head and looked around at the ugly old mountains surrounding him seemed far different than the boy I’d been merely moments before. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Or was the atmosphere compressed merely by someone standing very quietly there, waiting? Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z They shifted their sweet arrogant little gazes over to their father, then to their mother—who merely shrugged at them while wiping a strand of hair off her forehead. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark was almost ready to give up, thinking the guy had merely used the device as a toy, when he finally discovered some hidden work files. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I listened through the canvas as she whispered long hours with His Lordship, though words I could not divine, merely the hissing sibilants of collusion and intimacy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “So we are to countenance things and people which we detest, merely because we are not belles and millionaires, are we? That’s a nice sort of morality.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He had rather thought the whole gang would be on him the second he got the bully down; instead they merely respected him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered why we could have an entire class outside when I’d been kicked out of class last semester for merely glancing outside, but the Old Man wanted to have class outside, so we did. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z They didn’t merely take my phone; they took my voice, my choice. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He was the son of a king; I was merely destined to be a counselor to a king. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet, when finally she stopped, she merely stopped, without the painful, knifelike intakes of breath that usually follow a violent outburst-inburst. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Such a day is not distasteful; for I find that I am no longer merely an observer, sat upon a dark deck; but I am engaged in the struggle, and this itself brings joy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He acknowledged that the random violence and careening course of the French Revolution were lamentable developments, but he insisted they were merely a passing chapter in the larger story of triumphant global revolution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He wandered perilously close to where Penelope was hidden, but merely to pull a book off the shelf. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Or maybe it was merely that I understood how vulnerable she was in a way I hadn’t before. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z By and large, of course, poor and working-class blacks merely wanted what whites wanted: decent housing, available only in “white neighborhoods.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Pike could not answer what White wanted to know most: Was Hale merely protecting Bryan, or was he part of a more intricate, nefarious design? Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Now she merely ground her teeth as she stepped out to the porch and made her way around the side of the house through the nico- tiana growing all wild and out of control. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as though all of that life merely was back there, without any remaining effect, or influence. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The truth is that we are not yet free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free, the right not to be oppressed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We do not survive disaster merely by appealing to invisible powers. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The British soldier was grinning, and Johnny guessed that he had been put up to this game merely to snare ‘the yokels.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He merely threw the lighter in a wide high arc into the trees at the foot of the hills and limped down the footpath, paying no attention to the direction he was going. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “I merely looked at the diagrams and photographs,” he said in his Nobel speech. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The rest is merely gossip, and tales for other times. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no errand in the courtyard at all, but merely invented one that he might find out whether I put his precious wineskin into Gebu’s hand and tell me to wait for another tomorrow. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Never before had they bothered him as he merely walked his horse through the encampment down to the open fields close to the Charles. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z One cannot, of course, immediately conclude that the companion is a black hole: it might merely be a star that is too faint to be seen. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I am referring, after all, to a series of very minor errors on my part and the course I am now pursuing is merely a means of preempting any 'problems' before one arises. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The bald figure released merely stated that the median income of full-time women workers was 59 percent of that for men. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Later he was to realize that all that then happened was merely a preliminary, a routine interrogation to which nearly all prisoners were subjected. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The effort to define, or merely understand, the relationship between Lawrence and Oppenheimer consumed the idle hours of many who knew or worked with them. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She saw that Miss Armstrong wasn’t pretty; her face was almost simian with its wide mouth and flat thick nostrils, and her figure was merely passable. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The segregation here wasn’t merely established by cultural habits or choices. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The man merely groaned in response, then covered his face with both hands. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But these merely serve to conceal the fact that cartography transforms place into space. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I add the last sentence because caught could mean she was merely captured. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Griffith autopsied the mice and found that the rough bacteria had changed: they had acquired the smooth coat—the virulence-determining factor—merely by contact with the debris from the dead bacteria. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He hesitated here, wondering if a reprimand was coming, but Dumbledore merely said, “Quite understandable. Continue.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But Capricorn merely flicked some ash off his pants and smiled. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She merely hunched over and pouted at the floor. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z In the end, I think I merely ran out of steam. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z A law is not good merely because the legislature wills it, but the legislature has the mortal duty to will only that which is good. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor was she merely an “enthusiast”—one who captured, pinned, and collected insects as trophies. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They merely drenched you or struck you like lightning and moved on, mindless as blizzards. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Though they were merely stories, I accepted them as true because I wanted to believe them, because I hungered for a different life, for something new. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It is not merely an engineering problem like the one the supersonic airplane solves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Willem stops walking, pointing up to a building like he's merely interested in showing off the architecture. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “For me, it was merely very, very painful.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I told the chief that these foreign politicians were not dictating our policy, but merely saying that they did not understand it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I run to my room, wondering how, merely a moment ago, I was this close to considering the possibility of maybe, perhaps, loaning him my room for a brief period of time. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z In it, I merely said, “I wish to see you on a matter of national importance.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He merely invited a group of women to an event. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Would Hamlet consider the verse clever or merely forced? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When Harry had finished, he merely continued to peer at them through his spectacles. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Instead of feeling tall, I felt merely incapable of not being seen. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z This idea terrified the English—and not merely because their sugar island of Jamaica was just over a hundred miles across the water from Saint Domingue. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z If he couldn’t unload his catch, Crocodile Guts would merely laugh—he was a large man with a booming, hearty voice—and eat the fish himself. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Viruses that are outside cells merely sit there; nothing happens. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But, no, his customer was merely experiencing what Johnson called the Solemn Moment—a phenomenon familiar to insurance salesmen. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “This testimony does not officially connect my clients with whatever was going on in that bam. This witness is merely speculating about what might or might not have happened.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z It was off, but the gesture was merely to acknowledge that it had been on, everywhere. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Waker once said something very interesting to me on that subject—in fact, I’m merely parroting what he said to me. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Sometimes the other painters are merely stoned, or drunk, but sometimes they want to tell me their problems. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z To communicate with other civilizations, we require a method adequate not merely for interplanetary distances but for interstellar distances. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Some hinted that he meant merely to sail back by Hosk to the Inmost Sea, leaving them in the lurch; others, among them Pechvarry, held that he had gone mad, and sought death. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z These moments of fear and darkness, he said to himself, were the shadows merely of his ignorance. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The husband looked in consternation at his wife, who merely lowered her gaze to the ground and told him that what the lion said was quite true. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Kaisa glanced at Lore out of the corner of her eye, but merely asked in a low voice, “Will you need a horse today?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment it seemed like he would embrace Encanis, but he was merely reaching for the iron spokes of the wheel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Did you speak from your own observation,” said she, “when you told him that my sister loved him, or merely from my information last spring?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Did she want me to hold her that way, or was she merely tolerating it? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Pomp begged him to rally, for there was no cause yet for uneasiness; but Slant merely whispered, “I may be dead already.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Emma’s very good opinion of Frank Churchill was a little shaken the following day, by hearing that he was gone off to London, merely to have his hair cut. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z With Julia he felt no difficulty in talking about such things; Katharine, in any case, had long ceased to be a painful memory and become merely a distasteful one. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “I was laboring under too much emotion. I merely wanted to impress the Court with the urgency of this situation. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It was not merely that the sex instinct created a world of its own which was outside the Party’s control and which therefore had to be destroyed if possible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Grierson, meanwhile, merely walked, but he did so for as much as eighteen hours a day. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The three people writing at first merely nodded, without glancing up. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z And when a murmur of surprise ran among the clerks at his son’s wisdom he called out merely, “Change it, then! We will not put our name to anything wrongly written.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He resented having “to resort to temporary expedients merely to make a poor show for the opening.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Caesar was a powerful man and conquering hero of the Roman Republic, but at the end of the day, he was merely a public official. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Perhaps abortion and crime are merely correlated and not causal. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The Ptolemys did not merely collect established knowledge; they encouraged and financed scientific research and so generated new knowledge. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The aim of the Party was not merely to prevent men and women from forming loyalties which it might not be able to control. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Many of the trees seemed asleep, or as unaware of him as of any other creature that merely passed by; but some quivered, and some raised up their branches above his head as he approached. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He wasn’t merely an unsavory drunken brute, but an unsavory, clever drunken brute. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The sight seemed to paralyse me, and the shovel turned in my hand and glanced from the face, merely making a deep gash above the forehead. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z This cap was a beacon to the inquiring eyes of her family, who during these periods kept their distance, merely popping in their heads semi-occasionally to ask, with interest, “Does genius burn, Jo?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z If a child came already preformed, then its formation was merely an act of expansion—a biological version of a blowup doll. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Once Seabiscuit recovered, he would welcome a race at Belmont held merely on a sporting basis. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of her swings were aimed so as merely to whistle harmlessly through the air. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nelson,” he said, “you must now take over as president of the ANC. I have been merely keeping the job warm for you.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But a man who has lived by truth—and you have believed in what he has lived—he does not leave you merely wary when he fails you, he leaves you with nothing. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He got through the magic door merely by saying, “Morning, Pop,” to the white-haired man sitting on a tilted chair in the sun beside the opened door. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The show of leadership in the clearing was merely that, a show. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He didn’t know whether it was dead or merely stunned, and he didn’t care. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He would merely give out the communion with the usual disturbing allusions to eating flesh and drinking blood. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish I could convey the perfection of a seal slipping into water or a spider monkey swinging from point to point or a Hon merely turning its head. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But he was grasping at straws—it was merely coincidence. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The police had not taken elaborate precautions for the trip back to Johannesburg or for my security, and I merely sat in the backseat of a sedan, unhandcuffed, with two officers riding in front. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the yard, one of the stable hands saw her, but she merely waved at him and went on to the back door. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Whether this process would produce explosions or merely heat became the focus of a rather abstract debate, for the practicalities of harnessing the energy were elusive. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was merely a symbol for a blank place in the abacus, a column where all the stones were at the bottom. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Often it was enough merely to substitute one name for another, but any detailed report of events demanded care and imagination. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Then this vital force is merely smoldering, awaiting the time to flare again into activity when spring awakens the insect world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It merely rolled on the scattered branches, extinguishing them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He didn’t say anything about a celebration; he merely gathered the wood, set fire to it, and watched it burn. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias had merely tugged the lead sharply and quickened his pace. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Evidently Gebu did believe, for he merely grunted and walked on to the storeroom, jerking his head for Ranofer to follow. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z But that was merely an intellectual decision, taken because he knew that he ought to take it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The transition from spirit to body and back to spirit again is merely a venture. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Trying to extinguish the spark of the rest—the merely incorrigible, those holding on to civilization by a thread—itself feels like a monstrosity. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They merely laid hands on him, and he fell. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Although some men are segregationists merely for reasons of political expediency and political gain, not all of the resistance to integration is the rear-guard of professional bigots. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z There is a difference between people who strive and those who merely work hard. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I have, I should make clear, reread Miss Kenton's recent letter several times, and there is no possibility I am merely imagining the presence of these hints on her part. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He had been a special now for over a year, and not merely in regard to the distorted genes which he carried. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Some young men were cheering excitedly for the people inside the circle, but half the crowd were merely craning their necks and watching. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She, too, pretended he had merely left his post to answer a call of nature. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Or merely taken off his glasses, wiped them with his handkerchief, shaken his head, and smiled? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she had come to register a death, and her words merely the lonely lashings-out of grief, but he felt the familiar tightening of panic in his chest. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And always I tried to render, depict, not merely to tell the story. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But the notion that climbers are merely adrenaline junkies chasing a righteous fix is a fallacy, at least in the case of Everest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z As always, my passes at omniscience are absurd, but you, of all people, should be polite to the part of me that comes out merely clever. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z In a subsequent version of his analysis of plant hybrids, he mentioned Mendel glowingly and acknowledged that he had merely “extended” Mendel’s earlier work. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The Zapatista rebellion that convulsed southern Mexico in the 1990s was merely the most recent battle in an episodic colonial war that began in the sixteenth century. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Lee’s eyebrows rose, but he merely said, “As you say, sir. Is he here?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She came to their church suppers without underwear, bought their steaming platters of food and merely picked at it—relishing nothing, exclaiming over no one’s ribs or cobbler. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Now, however, the concept of human brotherhood began to be assailed by people who were not yet in positions of command, but merely hoped to be so before long. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z At first I merely believed this, until one day it became the truth. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Anya merely smiled and tilted her head back so she was looking at the sergeant. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In Rusty’s case, the evidence was negligible; he had merely been found at Rivonia with the others. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Apollo said that he was merely giving to ears so dull and dense the proper shape. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z That he made my parents deeply uncomfortable was merely a bonus. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Structurally the car was sound, but its walls, windows, and doors had been designed merely to discourage attempts at self-destruction, not to resist a human pile driver. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He merely borrowed its main outlines while translating the figures into modern terms. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Then—and this was the funny thing—he didn’t apologize for being racist; he merely apologized for aiming his racism at us. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Lady Constance was so choked with rage, she could not speak but merely sputtered, Eh-eh-eh-eh. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I merely jotted them down as Sander recited them. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Presently she put it on his knee, merely saying, “How do you like that?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Sela was the best; all the added muttering, dancing and trickery was done merely to enhance her reputation, to pull the wool over the eyes of stupid ignorant creatures. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z After sentencing, Paul wrote a letter home: “Dear Mother: I have been sentenced today to seven months imprisonment. Please do not worry. It will merely be a delightful rest. With love, Alice.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She leans forward and brushes her lips past mine—so softly it’s not even a kiss, merely contact. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I tried to be as clear as I could, and acted as if I myself were teaching the class rather than merely acting as a springboard for Rav Gershenson’s comments. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z But the offer was merely a “toy telephone,” as all parliamentary action by Indians and Coloureds was subject to a white veto. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Over and over again, Smith was asked why Seabiscuit was bandaged, and over and over again, he explained that the wraps were merely protective. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “And besides, the cat is not the problem; Dad not knowing he exists is merely a symptom of what’s wrong with this family.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I had not yet told him about my idea, nor did I on the morning we set out, but merely proposed a direction. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z An official release by the state agency merely declared that the beetle had “put in its appearance” in the areas designated for the aerial attack upon it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Unable to work either the dishwater or Methuselah’s long memory into a proper ending for his parable, Our Father merely looked at us all and heaved the great sigh of the put-upon male. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had already decided, she could tell, he was not merely thinking about it. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Given the controversy over whether the Israel lobby is merely undernoticed in American foreign policy or nefariously all-controlling, the meaning of the first cliche is a commonplace; the meaning of the second, incendiary. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z This spectacle arrested us with its strangeness; for the landing parties had been ordered to fire merely the docks and buildings by the water, not the town itself. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I was neither huffy nor cross, but merely sad. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I merely suggested that the mortals had seen something different on that day—a furnace explosion that was not your fruit.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I have no idea whether this treasured egg was meant as a special cure for sorrow, or if they merely thought we needed the protein to sustain our dreadful journey. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When she came into the room where he was with the child, he would merely say scornfully, ‘Aunt Lorne, I think it is wet,’ and pretend to be lost in his book. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The enormous creature merely looked at Violet with its blank white eyes and shook its head, then dismissed her with a silent gesture. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He had obviously already decided; he was merely waiting for the moment to reveal his decision. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Not a great thinker, not the mastermind of the rebellion, merely a face plucked from the rabble because I had caught the nation’s attention with my antics in the Games. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Besides, it was not long before Ranofer realized he could never increase his skill merely by listening to Heqet’s earnest explanations. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I wonder if it makes any difference how the wire’s placed, or if this is merely to add to the speculation of the audience. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “God merely expects us to do our own share of the perspiring for life’s bounty, Leah.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Rosa merely plunked down the breakfast tray and left. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw that the question with which I had wrestled in that Chapter 14 was in essence the question Yali had asked me in 1972, merely transferred to a different part of the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘I merely said that my business with him was urgent.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The good ones were merely for the inspection. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Elowen was regarding her coolly, as if she were merely an unpleasant task to take care of, little larger than an insect she could crush beneath her shoe. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He merely slipped his ready fingers into History’s waiting glove. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a pretty, shaded portion of the city, though its prettiness was to Holmes merely an element to be entered into his calculations. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I think Clay is merely teasing you, my dear. I wouldn’t think of upsetting you by doing such a thing. All I care about right now is your health and your happiness.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It was merely one more thing about Gebu that he could not understand. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She merely scowled and twitched her essay on The Principles of Rematerialization away from Ron, who was trying to read it upside down. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But merely wishing for relations to improve was taking something of a gamble, for Cal Tech’s fabulous chemist Linus Pauling was not subject to the confines of British fair play. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He begins to moan, shaking violently, and it occurs to me that perhaps he is merely cold. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He sawed and sawed, and the tape merely lengthened and didn’t break. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The man didn’t seem upset or shocked, merely resigned. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “That a scythe is merely the instrument of death, but it is your hand that swings me. You and your parents, and everyone else in this world are the wielders of scythes.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The remaining problems in calutron design were merely engineering, he declared, a cat he had skinned dozens of times. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I said nothing, merely waited, blocking my mother by stretching out an arm when she came near. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Aristotle, Wolff imagined that the embryo contained some sort of encrypted information—code—that was not merely a miniature version of a human, but instructions to make a human from scratch. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Vishniac did not claim that there had to be life on Mars, merely that it was possible, and that it was extraordinarily important to know if it was there. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It is not merely about the cocktail party effect, which demonstrates the power and limitations of our ability to focus. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “I understand,” he said with a wink that could have meant that he knew something or merely that it was okay to skip the meal. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z But the sheepherder merely chucked all these iridescent artifacts into a great gleaming pile and flailed away some more with his shovel. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If we plagued him with our worries about Mother, he merely snapped that she would heed God’s call soon enough, and get herself up and around. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He realized now that the shout had been merely a summons to someone named Nebre, for a gangling figure was hurrying toward them from another part of the shop. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z On the contrary they were merely casual events in a crowded summer and, until much later, they absorbed me infinitely less than my personal affairs. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z They even knew now what the basket had contained because he did not have that with him now either, though doubtless at the time it merely puzzled them more than ever. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. It is merely a shrine meant to honor her. Similar shrines abound on my property, and all can be dangerous.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Because of the third law that I had mentioned, Conservation. ‘Energy cannot be destroyed or created, merely lost or found.’ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It is not merely the young, of course, who are drawn to haz-ardous undertakings. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But Papa yanked my ear in the car and said I did not have the spirit of discernment: the bishop was a man of God; the Igwe was merely a traditional ruler. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “I merely want, Mr. Jaggers,” said I, “to assure myself that what I have been told is true. I have no hope of its being untrue, but at least I may verify it.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z But fiction has enabled us not merely to imagine things, but to do so collectively. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He merely bowed his head to the man and stepped away from the stall, feeling a little dizzy. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He had, it seemed, merely opened the door. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to be really married but Catherine said that if we were they would send her away and if we merely started on the formalities they would watch her and would break us up. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z All lives! all red blood, with years of life in it; and not merely buzzing flies!’ Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The grip on his limbs tightened again, but the pain had ebbed away and the trembling had stopped, leaving him merely weak and cold. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She laughed, a high-pitched, out-of-control sound; Ron looked at Harry for help, but Harry merely grimaced his helplessness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z At the beginning of this universe, there were no galaxies, stars or planets, no life or civilizations, merely a uniform, radiant fireball filling all of space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This goes along with another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z According to my Baptist Sunday-school teachers, a child is denied entrance to heaven merely for being born in the Congo rather than, say, north Georgia, where she could attend church regularly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The proliferation of many similar languages in the Philippines and Indonesia merely reflects the fact that the islands never underwent a political and cultural unification, as did China. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But I am no longer merely prey that runs and hides or takes desperate measures. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Of course, this merely begs the further question: of what is 'dignity' comprised? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z ‘I wonder if you are being very brave,’ he said quietly after a moment, as if he was debating the matter in his head, ‘rather than merely disrespectful. Perhaps that’s not such a bad thing.’ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z Florence, meanwhile, attempted to distract John’s attention from the brooch by offering him an orange; but he had seen oranges before; he merely looked at it a moment before letting it fall to the floor. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He merely takes a box out from one of the drawers in his desk and opens it up. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Even when cited merely as a rhetorical device, the armed struggle was a sign that we were actively fighting the enemy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The war, therefore, if we judge it by the standards of previous wars, is merely an imposture. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z However, it was not the proclamation of a military victory this time, but merely an announcement from the Ministry of Plenty. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Fryer came to wonder: is distinctive black culture a cause of the economic disparity between blacks and whites or merely a reflection of it? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Latrines are merely one of the many places where we accidentally sow the seeds of wild plants that we eat. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z My spirits were in a joyful sort of agitation, so desirous was I of activity; hazard itself seemed merely thrill. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He'd dropped his load of driftwood and merely gazed at the receding coach. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z She quickly realized that though the river had appeared to be unobstructed here, the boulders were merely underwater, and the river itself was deeper than it seemed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Ma stared at the old temple, but refused to get out of the car; she merely looked out the window. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She had not forgotten, but merely remembered anew, how understated his manner was, his plain dark jeans, his leather slippers, the way he walked into the bookshop with no need to dominate it. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I merely sought to greet you,” said Travers coolly, “but if my presence is not welcome...” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The cellar, she gathers, is merely a dank hole in the ground. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It must not be sacrificed on the altar of greed and power merely to obtain a few crumbs for the few. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In the thirteen years since she’d left Moton High School, the deficient building had passed from being merely overcrowded to packed beyond reasonable measure. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She merely looked at me and did not change her expression. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “It can be done? To discuss merely possibilities.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Was this because he thought Johnny too cripple-handed for chopping open sea chests—or merely because he knew Rab better and he was older? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Most importantly, the conversation at Jefferson’s quarters was merely one part of an ongoing and larger conversation in which the very survival and subsequent shape of the American republic seemed at stake. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I would merely change my pigmentation and allow people to draw their own conclusions. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Mansfield stared at Robin meaningfully, but Robin went on eating her stuffed potato as if she had merely stated neutral information. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I didn’t take in what I read, which didn’t matter since I knew it by heart and was reading merely to shut up the interior voice that kept telling me, It has all gone wrong. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead of closing the Potts foster home, the department merely asked the Pottses for an explanation about each of the accusations. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I would remember to dissemble for short periods, then I would forget and act straight and human again, not with the desire to harm anybody, but merely forgetting the artificial status of race and class. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Granny never stopped reminding Knife of this: “They were aristocrats who would rather cut their throats than consort with criminals. You’re merely spoiled goods.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It isn’t merely coincidental or surprising, as when the newscaster thoughtlessly reports, “Ironically, the jewelry store was burglarized on the same date last year.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She was full, she w’as made perfect, she was still more than merely herself. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It is mysterious, not merely a copy of ourselves as, after all, the hanged men and seaweed women are. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Bird is saying that Big Bird is merely a descriptive name of the type of animal he is, and that he wants a particular name. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I merely felt the need to satisfy myself that it had not escaped your attention . The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Instead of merely listing the name of each dependent child, tax filers were now required to provide a Social Security number. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I shrieked at them, trying to scare them off, but they merely ducked behind bushes and took long sticks from the saddles of their horses, bows and javelins. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Increasingly, Bobby viewed it a favor merely to be seen with him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Ambrose had merely learned to bide his time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Scowling, Snape said, “The Dark Lord does not expect Draco to succeed. This is merely punishment for Lucius’s recent failures. Slow torture for Draco’s parents, while they watch him fail and pay the price.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There was no door, merely four walls built of tin which did not meet at one corner, thus leaving enough space for one person at a time. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s casually dressed in jeans and a sweatshirt and, for some reason, authentic leather cowboy boots with gigantic heels that boost him up to merely short. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Rice explained that he had merely tested the wheel’s braking system, which consisted of a band of steel wrapped around the axle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Aisling couldn’t shake the feeling that her mother had merely gone out on an errand and would come home at any moment and wonder what the three of them were doing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother merely stood there before him while all the sparkle drained out of her face. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Most recently they had had nothing to say to each other, and on the rare occasions when they met on the doorstep, they had merely exchanged nods. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was merely observing; I have no agenda.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He figured he’d merely abandon it somewhere so that the owner, whoever he was, would have to chase around the school looking for it. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She merely stared Were they going to send her away? The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z They are making babies over there, while over here we merely save them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This was vintage Adams bravado, shouting his denial at political advice he knew to be sound, refusing to listen because it was patently political and merely self-protective. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I merely pushed her awhile in the swing as I’d promised, and she did kick her feet a little. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I said “Good-bye, Miss Pocket;” but she merely stared, and did not seem collected enough to know that I had spoken. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Any tribute, even tiny Rue, could take me right now, merely shove me over and kill me with my own knife, and I'd have little strength to resist. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He didn’t speak, merely beckoned, and they brought me over to him and threw me to my knees. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “As long as nobody sees us go...now place your hand upon my arm, Harry. There is no need to grip too hard, I am merely guiding you. On the count of three...One...two...three...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z For a long moment, he merely regarded me thoughtfully. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z In any society built on institutionalized racism, race-mixing doesn’t merely challenge the system as unjust, it reveals the system as unsustainable and incoherent. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The possibility of danger serves merely to sharpen his awareness and control. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Taisin rarely spoke, and Kaede had not yet determined whether it was because she was disinterested in conversation or merely shy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “It regards Prince Hamlet. I have learned that you often meet him in secret, wearing a rustic disguise. I doubt your silly games are merely innocent,” he said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Some of the dealers merely had the children bow quietly. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Artists do not create merely for their own satisfaction but want their work validated by others. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They were merely inoculating a community against an outbreak. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought I saw approval, hut when he spoke, he merely said, “Work it out, men.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Now they were not merely something to be swatted. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He merely points out that animals can suffer just as we do. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Was death merely a return to the womb of mother earth, or did they have some conception of the beyond? History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In the early accounts Eros was not Aphrodite’s son, but merely her occasional companion. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The unity was not merely political: the Inka wanted to meld together the area’s religion, economics, and arts. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Washington wanted an ink that was more complicated, an ink that could not be read merely by heating the paper or by coating it with an ordinary chemical. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They merely want him to fix this radio. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A reconnaissance mission reveals, however, that Alex has merely run back into the bed of the now dead and dry Colorado River. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z During the last few hours he has had merely the appearance of calm. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The physical and mental characteristics that had so entranced Galton—height, weight, beauty, intelligence—were merely the outer shadows of genetic characteristics lurking underneath. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “People pay exorbitant sums for an expert massage. You will receive yours at no cost, merely in exchange for a service. How long would it take you to ascertain Stan’s location?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I did not stop to think why he did not hum the music himself; I merely leaned close and picked out a few notes, murmuring them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Quite obviously, Terryl was trying to counter criticism that texting and driving was merely a theoretical problem, and that it was fair to compare it to such problems as drinking and driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Was his interest in these models merely pecuniary? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Just days after stepping down, John Ehrlichman told federal investigators that the Ellsberg break-in was not merely the work of Hunt and Liddy, but part of a White House investigation ordered by President Nixon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z That he can tell what these soldiers are like merely by looking at their shoes tells me even more about his all-powerful knowledge. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z How, when the letter was lost, I wondered if I had merely dreamed its horrors. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But when he saw the wide, old-fashioned tie I gave him compared to the lovely, silk tie he gave me, he probably thought I was merely trying to improve my wardrobe. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And even where something appears merely decorative—a run of alliteration or a mellifluously turned sentence—it serves to commend the speech more easily to memory, and to give pleasure to the audience. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Mrs. Clarke merely stammered, “Eh!—eh!—eh!” but offered no explanation. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He’s not merely being polite; my feet are wobbly. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Dimple walked closer to him, and Rishi felt his heart speed up merely at the proximity of her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I notice his use of she, acknowledging that I'm not merely curious about procedure in general but about one person in particular. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z When I ask about her, the steward, his mouth full of bread, merely shrugs. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I didn’t deign to reply, merely nodded once, sharply. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z These were merely survival skills, not motives for suicide. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “But I have never fixed on June or any other month—merely looked forward to the summer in general.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The position would be far safer if Pauling had been merely wrong instead of looking like a fool. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The argument went on about whether Myanda was a witch or merely unlucky, and Tendai realized it was useless to expect help from the boys. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But I sometimes imagine that he merely slipped during a courageous and pioneering venture in observational geophysics. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am merely concerned for the competence of our technology. If it fails while you are around, I have to ensure that it does not continue to do so, you understand?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Most people knew her merely as William Friedman’s wife, who worked from home on the side. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z On first hearing Miss Leep’s news he merely rolled his eyes, as if two dogs in his yard had reportedly been caught whistling “Dixie.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Cassiopeia, wide-eyed and innocent, merely shrugged and ate another cake. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z This effect could be true even if the bursts are not addictive, and merely just habit-forming. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In order to advance in the tournament, you must prove yourself not merely above average but spectacular. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z And tonight’s dinner is not merely a social gathering. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Now it was merely a boring chore before exiting to the surface. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As if merely subsisting according to his self-imposed rules weren’t strenuous enough, Rosellini also exercised compulsively whenever he wasn’t occupied with foraging. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She does not know what she is saying, she is merely anxious for me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I see that he is tormenting me, he is merely raking about in the wound and looking up surreptitiously at me over his glasses. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are merely a child, and children are sometimes the cruelest of all. You have taken everything from me. For that, I curse you, daughter of Indra,” said Shukra. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Perhaps she believes that acting the part of the livid parent will make the consequences less severe for me, show that I was merely being a ridiculous child, that I’m not a threat. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Threatening to do so was merely his idea of a joke, like dying of pneumonia, busting Colonel Moodus in the nose or challenging Doc Daneeka to Indian wrestle. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Rather than merely shunting black people to the other side of town or corralling them in ghettos, mass incarceration locks them in cages. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She was merely waiting for the right moment to drop a little stink bomb on the snotty detective. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He did not give any reason for having changed his mind, but merely warned the animals that this extra task would mean very hard work; it might even be necessary to reduce their rations. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Was Heaven, then, to be merely another ghetto? The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The silent treatment merely gave approval of the mob taking the law into its hands. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She guessed that this tall man, both stern and gentle, might think her merely wayward, like a child that has not the firmness of mind to go on with a dull task to the end. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “And if my friend here”—Aru jerked her chin in Mini’s direction, who merely adjusted her sunglasses—“approves, then I’ll accept your measly and puny offerings.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The school bus had merely arrived at the next stop. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “The little book I showed you and your sister last night, remember,” she stared at me anxiously, but my eyes merely widened in confusion. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A chicken, de Vries realized, was merely an egg’s way of making a better egg. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She looked not merely betrayed but surprised that she had been betrayed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She merely stood there comfortably chatting away as if we were all on rocking chairs on her front porch. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Maybe he merely brushed against me as he was robing off the bed. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Cluny goggled in thunderstruck silence at the audacious Basil, who merely scowled in mock censure. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Before she’d met Farmer, Haiti had seemed merely vivid—terrible and strange much of the time. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Mark Antony, on the other hand, acted merely as the queen’s guest. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z After the appearance of the General Advisory Committee’s broadside against the Super in 1949, Strauss became convinced, in his customary fashion, that Oppie was not merely a fool but a traitor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Our fresh troops are anaemic boys in need of rest, who cannot carry a pack, but merely know how to die. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Even so I asked myself if it was merely accidental that he came to the Green Man’s door. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z By that time Cohn, who had been regarded purely as an angel, and whose name had appeared on the editorial page merely as a member of the advisory board, had become the sole editor. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z And in both instances, Jefferson managed to convince himself that these apparent contradictions were, well, merely apparent. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z They were easily grown, merely by being sown or planted. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s merely a figment of your overly active imagination,” Lori said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He tried to convince them that he wasn’t a defector, that he had merely been visiting family in China and was coming home to vote. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z "You're merely a playgoer, then? Tell me, how did you like the play, a country lad like yourself?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “I merely request that you maintain an easier beat.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The girl who came in merely stepped to the desk, placed a note in the wire basket, and walked out again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Once I asked him how he had learned to speak so boldly, not merely to strangers, but even to those above his station. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, he then adds judiciously, these tactics could “merely provoke the bear.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z If the songs were true, as I suppose at least one or two of them were, there had always been wars, and what I’d seen was merely a period of mutual exhaustion. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z And perhaps it was not evil I saw but merely the way of all hearts when fear has stripped off the husk of kind pretensions. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I did not trust myself to speak,” Gronau said, “so merely nodded to start.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We didn’t make much of a fuss with Hanukkah, merely exchanging a few small gifts and fighting the candles. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The value isn’t merely for the person who was hurt, or who hurt others. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Is politics merely a pretext for shirking one’s responsibilities, an excuse for not being able to provide in the way one wanted? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But the old woman merely poked gently at the earth around the alien plant. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The fact that Swanburne girls dressed plainly, ate simply, and were unspoiled by luxuries merely made the true riches of Penelope’s upbringing all the more evident to her. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Gage might have ordered this work done merely to confuse the people of Boston. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Now there were merely ruins littered with the bodies of the dead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Pax pulled back, respectful, but Bristle merely settled herself alongside her brother, her cheek beside his. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Or was the whole fantastic episode merely the figment of a diseased imagination, his own, of a deteriorating mind, a rotting brain? Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The man merely shifted him to the other shoulder. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But it was not hostility, exactly; merely a kind of wariness, a momentary stiffening, as at the passing of some unfamiliar animal. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He wondered whether she took in washing for a living, or was merely the slave of twenty or thirty grandchildren. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Any lethal attack would merely render him deadish, and an ambudrone would arrive within minutes to take him to be revived. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “In fact that’s why I stopped by today—” “And here I thought you merely enjoyed my company,” she said, turning back to her needlework. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had suddenly realized that flying from the Shire would mean more painful partings than merely saying farewell to the familiar comforts of Bag End. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z That first day, the words were merely sounds in the air, broken like shards of glass, beautiful from a certain angle and jagged from another. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It was definitely blue now, not merely a flash of light on the horizon. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Gaum merely smiled, saying, “Then you have no means of returning to...well, wherever you came from?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z But these were merely inspirational episodes that never quite lived up to their promise. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z While the country as a whole had endured a torturous depression during the early 1890s, Durham’s businesses were so solid that the town experienced merely a slowing down in its normally frantic activity. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z You herewith mention a cage, but you do not refer to it as merely just that, a cage. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z And she merely smiled and fought them off as though they were harmless butterflies. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A cornice was merely a horizontal decorative projection. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The words merely serve the pictures of the subject in question, employing the facts for the tabloid polemic of how a city should be run, justice served. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Taxonomy and nomenclature were, for him, merely means to an end. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Moreover, the Bush tax cuts, David demonstrated, will benefit the hyper-rich at the expense of the “merely rich.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “How could you mistake me so? I merely meant you to be properly dignified and composed, and you made yourself a perfect stock and stone. Try to be sociable at the Lambs’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I thought that I had dreamed him or that he was merely a doll I was not supposed to touch. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Indian languages merely because English sounded musical to Indians’ ears. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Nor could dispensers of government patronage merely weigh scientific projects against one another: the cost of high-energy physics had become so great that broader priorities were implicated. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The cross-staff is merely one of a series of instruments, such as the quadrant and the sextant, designed for measuring angles by taking sightings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Readers of Montaigne are—and always have been—sharply divided between those who think his protestations of Catholic orthodoxy were genuine, and those who think they were merely concessions to the censor. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When I asked him, Ben admitted that it was merely an aid for concentration. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Or perhaps they were merely waiting for him to get thirsty and come out. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm not blaming anyone for this state of affairs, mind you; nor merely crying mea culpa. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Cast your whole vote, Ellsberg thought, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z To anybody farther away than Finn, it would have looked like a man merely shifting positions. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes Pollux alone is held to be divine, and Castor a mortal who won a kind of half-and-half immortality merely because of his brother’s love. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The nurse gasped at the sight of her former charge, but she said nothing, merely bent down, lifted her to her feet with surprising strength, and smacked her hard through her torn clothes. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She spoke as calmly as if she had been merely mentioning the time of day. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The Ulster Scots were not merely settlers; they can be more accurately described as settler-soldiers. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z But other times, like this time, it feels like the words are merely falling into a well. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Leaving the suitcase where it stood, he crossed to the porch, and, nodding at O. J., who merely glared back, he walked inside. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Bristle began to follow, but then she sat back down and merely watched intently as they left. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z This was merely embarrassing but then—being prodded a bit too energetically by the attorney—he suddenly and quite without warning lost his head. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Naturally, those pictorial signs consisted mainly of numerals plus nouns for visible objects; the resulting texts were merely accounting reports in a telegraphic shorthand devoid of grammatical elements. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Chess was not merely a game to the Soviets; it was war, and not as cold as might have been thought. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z From the way he does this, I had thought at first that he was waiting for a companion, but it would seem he wishes merely to greet acquaintances as they pass by. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Then the road was just a road, the other cars merely part of the scenery. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It’s merely a smile, a formal kind of smile, friendly but a little distant, as if I’m a kitten in a window. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Kitchen shelf paper, white or tinted to match one’s color scheme, may be impregnated with insecticide, not merely on one but on both sides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Alex had invited James and Tony not merely because they were two of the guys he was most friendly with but because they were two of the better-looking guys left in his school. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Some absentee owners are merely letting him live on their land here, in another little trailer he stays in. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She had seemed to be not merely with him, but inside him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She reached for a sweet and found herself staring at Cassiopeia, who was merely trying to pass the plate. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z But in this context it merely meant that the National Party would be part of any popularly elected government provided it polled enough votes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He showed little interest in the captive Vole family, merely ordering that they be kept under guard until he found time to deal with them. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z This was merely a short delay, nothing more. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Unless, it suddenly occurred to me—and here was an arresting notion—unless persuading yourself that you are not confused is merely a cruel, early symptom of confusion. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He held his breath, afraid that merely breathing on the rock would spoil its healing effect. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z You might also decide, since they had quite different attributes, that one of them was merely invented by the priests. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it merely temporary, or was it our last stop? The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I had wanted to be the author of my tale, not merely a player in Hamlet’s drama or a pawn in Claudius’s deadly game. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Indeed for the rest of her life Riefenstahl would continue to insist that the film was merely an artistic sports documentary. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Some of the houses were attractive; most were merely hovels. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No words can tell the agitation of my spirits occasioned by merely the thought of throwing open that portal and beholding the secrets of the gloomy closet within. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The Captains walked up to each other and shook hands; Diggory smiled at Wood but Wood now looked as though he had lockjaw and merely nodded. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Every square creature in Flatland sees another square as merely a short line segment, the side of the square nearest to him. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he merely sat, when he found the ox, and met its stupid, gloomy eyes and wept. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The conception of a normal child was merely the transfer of this minihuman—the homunculus—from the father’s sperm into the mother’s womb. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Rutherford’s attitude arose not merely from the poor showing the machine’s results made at the Solvay in 1933 but from his personal approach to research. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “You have nothing to worry about. We are merely relocating you. You and your wife and your son have ten minutes. You must each pack one suitcase.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z When he did speak, it was in the voice of judgment, saying merely, “Quite,” or “Indeed,” or “Aye,” or “There’s reasonableness, gentlemen.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z At other times there were merely lots of people eating and drinking — continuously from elevenses until six-thirty, when the fireworks started. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Samson produces no weapon, his fingers merely twitching by his side. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z Defeasible knowledge, knowledge that might be corrected in the light of new observations, was merely opinion or probability. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As I can’t, I’ll merely say that I don’t see any harm in that pleasant little game, if all parties understand that it’s only play.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Bethe had not been wrong about this obstacle, merely premature; but if the cyclotron were to move beyond 30 million electron volts, the issue had to be faced now. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The woman looked down at Ash’s hand on her and Ash quickly withdrew it, but the woman merely nodded and said, “This way.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was merely a few words of encouragement, the sort of words that are uttered in the din of battle, not distinguishable individually but restoring confidence by the fact of being spoken. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He was so terrified that merely to discuss the cases, he would retreat into a back room and bolt the door. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Most merely nodded and hurried out of the salon. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I spun and was about to dive for my seat when one stewardess said: “You can go to the bathroom, sir. That was merely a precaution.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He had come to this tower-keep by chance, and yet the chance was all design; or he had come by design and yet all the design had merely chanced to come about. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She was not suffering from depression; she was merely a little tired and a little slow. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The destroyers are merely men enforcing the whims of our country, correctly interpreting its heritage and legacy. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But to them it was merely noteworthy, and hilarious. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z His addiction may casually be mentioned, but if so, it is spoken of as merely an especially tough challenge that he must face. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And gradually the idea took root that magic was merely an old country superstition. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A “theorem” of heredity existed; it was merely waiting to be known. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Most striking here is the case of Newton, who, after he had made and published his great discoveries in the Principia, began to suspect that they were not new but merely rediscoveries. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It filled the church, as though the church had merely become a hollow or a void, echoing with the voices that had driven her to this dark place. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Eventually the mayor and constable ran out of things to say to fill the silence, and merely sat there looking anxiously back and forth from me to each other. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The words must have elicited from Poillon a knowing, if wry, smile; in the midst of his travails, Lawrence was looking ahead to the time when the cyclotron’s inconstancy would be merely a quaint memory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As far as Kepler was concerned, elliptical orbits were merely an ad hoc hypothesis, and a rather repugnant one at that, because ellipses were clearly less perfect than circles. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is impossible to perform any act of kindness toward you two. Always the same phantasm! I merely kept all dials at equilibrium in accordance with the will of the Master.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z A year ago, he would merely have admired the view. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And again, on Emma’s merely turning her head to look at Mrs. Bates’s knitting, she added, in a half whisper, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Technically, the party was merely a family gathering on a full-moon night, but everyone knew it was really to celebrate Masvita’s new status. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her crow hunted mice these lean days with more savage intentions than when merely keeping them away from his family of humans. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z On the streets, from a distance, they’d scowl at us, thinking we were merely the scourge they already knew and loathed—the mixed-race couple, with mongrel children as advertisement of our sins. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple guys said yes, but the rest of us merely nodded. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And they would rather reach out, in all their sanity, and push my four-year-old son as though he were merely an obstacle in the path of their too-important day. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I explained that I had merely treated him in the manner that he had treated me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their actions were merely the symbolic manifestation of their deeper desires. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She would merely drown, and her spirit would wander without any hope of rejoining her relatives. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When I say this, I am not merely drawing attention to the fact that our generation had a less snobbish attitude as regards which employers were landed gentry and which were 'business.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It looked like I was merely jealous of Mrs. Cadaver. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z One of the younger boys tried to pull him down to earth, but Vetch merely drifted up a little higher, out of reach, and sat calmly smiling on the air. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Heretofore all the campus gossip had seemed merely malicious and disrespectful; now I could see the advantage for Dr. Bledsoe. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He brightened his voice at the end, but Sandi's mother merely nodded quietly. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Dad goes all policemanlike too, as if the offense is too serious to merely get cross at. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He has been criticized for doing so, on the grounds that this is not really an explanation at all, since the new science and scepticism towards witchcraft represent merely two sides of the same coin. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Tree-ear approached as if merely passing by, but his very skin prickled with curiosity. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z All hope that this was merely an anomaly disappeared the next day, when the forces that had been battering the nation’s economy erupted in a panic on Wall Street that caused stock prices to plummet. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Since the chlorinated hydrocarbons are persistent and long-lasting, each application is merely added to the quantity remaining from the previous one. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Elizebeth insisted that this was merely an experiment, with the young doctor “trying out his training” and William “trying out a patient’s role.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In the case of the Pygmies, the answer is “not yet,” merely because archaeologists have yet to discover ancient human skeletons from the Central African forests. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I thought this jest low; not least because it merely confused Olakunde, who understood it not, and he delivered some looks of confusion before I reassured him and bade him to ignore Bono’s whimsies. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the container, there was a small pile of cotton squares, some stiff and brown, others merely dappled. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Papa knew that merely showing his face would draw stares and muttered comments. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Thankfully the streets were dry, so my feet were merely dusty from the cobblestones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In the months following the epic deed, though, Waterman discovered that instead of putting his demons to rest, success had merely agitated them. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Is the sand merely pulverized rock or something else? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Argument was fruitless once the name of Santini was invoked, both boys knew that, and both knew that if they continued to milk the issue they were merely inviting calamity. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was merely an office with a desk, a couple of filing cabinets, shelves full of papers and books. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Now she was aware of a sharp apartness, a separation, not from Atticus and Henry merely. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I wonder where the woman was taken—if that display was merely the tip of the iceberg. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Nor were they of smooth gold leaf as in reality, but were patterned instead in fish-scale tiles of darker gold and brighter, so the sun didn’t merely glint on them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Once she had found the body of a strangled child by merely pointing to an area on a surveyor’s map. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And as for my gleaning methods, which, now and then, have been brought under scrutiny, I say merely this: Is it not the job of the gardener to shape the tree as much as possible? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z All the rest, I saw, is merely what pushes me, or what I push against, blindly—as blindly as all that is not myself pushes back. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood in the yard and watched her go down the road until she was merely a black spot in the field of white. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked around to the back of the TV to find that it was merely plugged into the wall. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The second group was comprised of ten of the silliest girls Harry had ever encountered, who, when he blew his whistle, merely fell about giggling and clutching one another. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Their baby voices shrilled out in Handel’s “Largo” and they knew it merely by the title of “Hymn.” little boys whistled part of Dvorak’s New World Symphony as they played marbles. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In his view, it was a flawed public consensus—not merely flawed policy—that was at the root of racial oppression. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The price of the meal was set at a deliberately hefty fifteen shillings to discourage those whose qualifications were merely cerebral. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z A stranger could merely show up and take her away from everything she’d ever known. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But as the defense would show, he was merely emphasizing the importance of discipline and that the volunteer must do whatever he is ordered, however unsavory. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She merely folded her hands in her lap, rubber gloves squeaking, and blinked at him innocently. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Removing a hand from the wall before the frisk was complete constituted aggression at most other facilities, though at Sing Sing it usually prompted merely a warning. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They merely stared, with their useless weapons drawn, their shoulders hunched against my laughter. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Though it was intended merely as a time-saving tool, its use began to change the way composers and keyboard players manipulated chords, changing the sound of harmony along the way. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The younger boy licked his lips in a most animal-like fashion, while the elder boy merely stared at Penelope. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z As far as they were concerned, clocks were merely delightful but useless luxury objects—rather like musical boxes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And this did not apply only to Negroes, who were no more “simple” or “spontaneous” or “Christian” than anybody else—who were merely more oppressed. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z He set out not merely to build houses on this primitive territory, but to plant the seeds of a new civilization. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The digging was easy and although they often broke off to feed or merely to sit in the sun, before midday Hazel was out of sight and tunneling between the tree roots. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A stenographer named Jennie Thompson disappeared, as did a woman named Evelyn Stewart, who either worked for Holmes or merely stayed in his hotel as a guest. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It was not merely a question of losing Central Africa; for the first time in the whole war, the territory of Oceania itself was menaced. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Indeed, he said, Copernicus was acknowledged by all astronomers except those who “were a bit slow-witted or under the superstitions imposed by merely human authority.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Squire Julian Gingivere merely nodded, and addressed them in a regal but distant manner: “Good afternoon. Very clement weather for the time of year, don’t you think?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z We learned in fact that some of these things were necessary, but the rest merely show. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z However, many people these days think fulsome means merely “full,” so avoid it if you might be misunderstood. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Its actual appearance was frightening, and not merely the fact that he knew it to be himself. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Worple, who was a small, stout, bespectacled man, grabbed Harry’s hand and shook it enthusiastically; the vampire Sanguini, who was tall and emaciated with dark shadows under his eyes, merely nodded. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, Wistar failed completely to recognize the bone’s significance and merely made a few cautious and uninspired remarks to the effect that it was indeed a whopper. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The deaths are merely more frequent, more varied and terrible. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Much more it was because of a secretly held belief—or perhaps not even a belief, merely a hope—that O’Brien’s political orthodoxy was not perfect. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But she merely watched me until a door opened and the lady came. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It had not merely become silent; it had stopped existing, scared into its grave by his knock. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Before the Thunderhead achieved consciousness, when it was merely known as “the cloud,” criminals—and even public agencies—would find ways into people’s private doings, against the law, and exploit that information. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Merely to lift off the heavy white wings and the veil, merely to feel my own hair again, with my hands, is a luxury. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z In his secretiveness he didn’t merely resemble Newton, but actively exceeded him. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Amy’s chief delight was an Indian cabinet, full of queer drawers, little pigeonholes, and secret places, in which were kept all sorts of ornaments, some precious, some merely curious, all more or less antique. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z When she did reach it, she didn’t pick it up but merely sat down beside it on the bed, looked at it, looked away from it, and pushed back her hair. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z In response, I merely passed to her my record book, which with quizzical countenance, she turned through. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When he merely shrugged, she said, “Well, Mum’s going to put a stop to it if she can, I bet you anything.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z We come into the world and we have to go: but we do not go merely to serve the turn of one enemy or another. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A blast of violet light shot through the end of the stick, but the Sleeper, now fully emerged from the wall, merely batted the beam of light aside. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Once I merely walked out of the library in Atlanta and there it was, that scent knocking me down, for no reason I can understand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She merely told herself consolingly, “Of course, while I’m in the wood, if I decide never to come back, well then, that will be that.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Atticus and Hank were pulling something, they were there merely to keep an eye on things—Aunty said Atticus was on the board of directors. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Did writing systems spread by being copied, or did existing systems merely inspire neighboring peoples to invent their own systems? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And those virtues preached but not practiced by the white world were merely another means of holding Negroes in subjection. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Without equality, eugenics would inevitably falter on the false premise that social ills, such as vagrancy, pauperism, deviance, alcoholism, and feeblemindedness were genetic ills—while, in fact, they merely reflected inequality. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But James merely laughed, permitted his mother to kiss him, gave his father a fleeting hug, then leapt onto the rapidly filling train. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Needless to say, this is merely a formality, to secure your Mother in the event of that circumstance of which man is ever the plaything and sport. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Was she in love with him, or was he merely consolation? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The King had looked at him closely, unable to see whether he was pleased or frightened or merely being polite. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The security restrictions also burdened Lawrence personally, and not merely because they added a new administrative concern to his expanding responsibilities. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Many others are destroyed merely because they happen to be associates of the unwanted plants. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Since we cannot confirm that this is merely food, we will confiscate this package.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z According to our ideas it is a weakness; and certainly it is unnecessary in this case, where the same end could have been secured by merely omitting the head wind. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Cluny listened to the fox’s pleas, knowing that they were merely an excuse to gain her freedom. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Her short hair and boyish overalls merely added to the effect. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z When her mother said go out and play, she merely drifted around the yard, or lay on the lawn, daydreaming about nothing in particular, wondering what to do. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Or were the lesions merely a finishing touch on being pretty? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They all fell silent, watching him anxiously, but after muttering incomprehensibly for a moment he merely started snoring. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z If you were close to her, you wondered if she was about to smile or was she merely shifting a straw from the baseline of her gums to her tongue. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The failure of the Khoisan and Pygmies to develop agriculture was due not to any inadequacy of theirs as farmers but merely to the accident that southern Africa’s wild plants were mostly unsuitable for domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She had said, “God’s speaking. You’re merely the instrument he chooses at this time. God is a wonderful speaker, so you have absolutely nothing to be nervous about.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then again, the Athenians think death to be merely sleep. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But the poison had not really left the lake; it had merely gone into the fabric of the life the lake supports. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “So they still don’t know where you go?” asked Harry, hoping for more information on this intriguing subject, but Dumbledore merely smiled over the top of his half-moon spectacles. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z His amiability to the crab, I feared, was merely a pretense to stop our running. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He made no answer; merely looked, and bowed in submission; and soon afterwards said, in a lively tone, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z What Dr. Strayer was saying, he argued in a back-and-forth that followed, was merely fact. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent to the concerns of such puny creatures as we. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Board represented the law of the land and not merely the abstract recommendations of a federal commission. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Whether truly loyal or merely desperate, a compliant river lord might have his uses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I am sure that none of you would want to rest content with the superficial kind of social analysis that deals merely with effects and does not grapple with underlying causes. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Merely rational thought—forgive me for preaching, but I must, I must!—merely rational thought leaves the mind incurably crippled in a closed and ossified system, it can only extrapolate from the past. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The six young men, four of whom were budding lawyers, saw themselves as merely a circle of like-minded friends. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Interestingly, all of this merely confirmed estimates made by Newton 110 years before Cavendish without any experimental evidence at all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The soldier is already looking past Pa and merely waves his hand for us to hurry on. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It saddened her that Aunty Uju had settled merely for what was familiar. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z This gushing adoration cannot be dismissed merely as local boosterism; black newspapers across the South described the town in much the same terms. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Now she was merely a shadow with the life sucked out of her. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The NSA insisted—then and always—that the raid was merely a routine matter, but Elizebeth and William believed it had been intended to humiliate and intimidate. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The revelation that he was merely human, and frightfully so, was beyond my power to forgive. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But I merely said in an humble, quiet voice: “Oh, I don’t know. I just thought it up.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Gabriel rose, it seemed to her, with a speed and eagerness that were not merely polite. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Harry kicked out wildly, trying to push himself back to the surface, but merely propelled himself into the rocky side of the pool. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Had they been said so easily and had she merely forgotten? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Nye: "1 believe you. My question was merely in regard to any inclination you might or might not have to injure yourself. If you ever do feel such an impulse—" Me: "I don't." Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The soldiers didn’t blink as Nina and Brum passed, merely offered a tight salute. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z So she merely implies it—perhaps by telling you about the much bigger, nicer, newer house down the block that has sat unsold for six months. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The first part of the answer had been sitting under his nose since his childhood in the farmlands of Shrewsbury and Hereford; Darwin had merely traveled eight thousand miles around the globe to rediscover it. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “I am sorry to disturb you, but our search party last night turned up no sign of the children. I merely wanted to inquire for myself whether they had been safely found.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z His signature was not the smoking six-shooter; instead, like Sherlock Holmes, he relied upon the startling powers of reason and deduction, the ability to observe what the Watsons of the world merely saw. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I had limbs, but they could merely sway. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z For the first time in his life he did not despise the proles or think of them merely as an inert force which would one day spring to life and regenerate the world. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z This was merely a legend which had been spread some time after the Battle of the Cow-shed by Snowball himself. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “It was unjust, he had by then decided, “and was acquiesced in merely from a fear of disunion, while our government was still in its infant state.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The point of our exercise was to convince ourselves that the wolf was not actually at the back door but perhaps merely salivating at the edge of our yard. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I had merely stumbled upon another lovely adaptation in nature, itself the product of micromutation and natural selection. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z These figures are merely for illustration, but accurate estimates may be made for a wide range of dire possibilities. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Something that would recognize him as a cut above the merely human. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the blow stoically enough when Harry told him, merely grunting and shrugging, but Harry had the distinct feeling as he walked away that Dean and Seamus were muttering mutinously behind his back. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “You know that Father Cham is merely leaving this life behind and going on to the next. You shouldn’t be so sad.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Zooey picked up the snowman again but didn’t give it a shake—merely turned it around, by the pedestal. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Instead of merely lying in bed in a passive state, he became disoriented and angry and refused to take medicine. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A winter during which Tessie’s worries about her children immobilized her, so that she failed to return Christmas presents that didn’t fit, and merely put them in the closet, without getting a refund. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It had spread with astonishing speed.The human beings could not contain their rage when they heard this song, though they pretended to think it merely ridiculous. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z With enemy forces advancing, the Joint Chiefs requested permission to broaden the mission from merely guarding the base to engaging in what was described as “limited offensive operations.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But that merely hints at what I mean. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z She does not say anything but merely stares at her son, tangled in thoughts Werner cannot guess, then remembers herself. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In retrospect, that statement seems prescient, but it merely reflected the mood already widespread among the young in Durham’s black community as America stood poised on the cusp of a new and turbulent decade. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Stone tools became common around 2.5 million years ago, but they were merely the crudest of flaked or battered stones. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But at the same time, out of a deep, adolescent cunning I do not pretend to understand, I realized immediately that I could not remain in the church merely as another worshipper. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The nucleic acid in a chromosome, as one biochemist put it, was merely the “structure-determining, supporting substance”—a glorified molecular scaffold for genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But Chief merely gave them a case of red wine as a gift, and said vaguely to Obinze, “Come and see me next week.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But as Moss pulled up to a stop at 14th, he didn’t feel so certain that his burst of anger was merely a tantrum. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z As though it were merely invisible for the five-year period when the field sat empty. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It did not seem reasonable to incur such an expense merely to impress one’s friends; although Penelope did not know Lord Fredrick well, he did seem to her to be both reasonable and cost-conscious. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z It was possible, too, that Holmes was merely testing Bowman to determine how useful he might be in the future. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I was not, however, to be let off merely with the long period of uncertainty. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Fudge attempted to smile, but was unsuccessful; he merely looked as though he had a toothache. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Many who had watched events on the lake closely thought they had seen something beyond merely a good crew race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Iloba was merely from his mother’s hometown, but he had been so enthusiastic about their kinship that everyone on campus assumed they were cousins. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And — several paces nearer, the gap between them closing all the time — Harry saw that the thing in the person’s arms looked like a baby ... or was it merely a bundle of robes? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Southwest and Mississippi Valley to the modern American breadbaskets of California and Oregon, where Native American societies remained hunter-gatherers merely because they lacked appropriate domesticates. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Okay,” said Harry, trying to sound as though he wasn’t apprehensive at all and merely glad that Lupin had found such a good substitute for a real dementor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Does Hanneli really and truly believe in God, or has religion merely been foisted upon her? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He smiled, but it was merely a muscle contraction. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Up to now he had merely been an interested spectator, taking a keen interest from a professional point of view, for a good fight is meat and drink to a bull terrier. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Critics of Jefferson’s visionary projections, like Adams, were then accused of rejecting the ideals themselves, when in fact they were merely exposing their illusory character. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z |
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