"merely" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- She noticed that the others at her table were also merely pretending to eat.
- Alicia concludes that he was merely pretending to love her as part of his job.
- She had never figured out, in Father's case, whether he really enjoyed playing, or merely pretended to enjoy it for diplomatic purposes.
- As an independent saleswoman, she found that customers merely pretended to listen to her.
- He wasn't indifferent to their deaths, he was merely pretending to be.
- Of course Phelps said she was merely pretending to be ill; was never looking so well & fine.
- If you weren't merely pretending to like him, until a few months ago.
- On one view, fictional names merely pretend to express propositions.
- His guns were empty; he would have no chance to battle uniformed men who merely pretended to uphold the law.
- In most cases, the literature is memorized and competitors are merely pretending to read the material.
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