"merely" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He made a violent effort to raise himself into a sitting position, and merely succeeded in wrenching his body painfully.
- One thing is certain: Sears cannot succeed merely by underpricing its competitors.
- Simply imposing austerity on the periphery will not succeed and merely push it further under water.
- If it succeeds merely in regulating part of the system, then something called Goodhart's law is likely to come into operation.
- But like her, the drama knows where it's going and succeeds merely by getting there.
- Addition of iron plates at the top of the structure merely succeeded in keeping it marginally above water.
- To have come this far and not succeed merely on the basis of preserving a culture makes no sense.
- The bulldozer pushed from behind, but succeeded merely in buckling the back axle.
- He tried to shake his head, but merely succeeded in lolling it awkwardly to one side.
- He tried to sit up, but succeeded merely in raising his head a little.
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