Sentence examples of "merely" in English

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It's merely a joke. Es simplemente una broma.
When he claims to desire eternal life, in reality man merely wishes to avoid a premature, violent or gruesome death. Cuando declara que desea la vida eterna, en realidad, el hombre meramente desea evadir una muerte prematura, violenta o espantosa.
Happiness isn't merely having many possessions. La felicidad no consiste en tener solamente bienes materiales.
Superstitions derive from the inability of men to acknowledge that coincidences are merely coincidences. Las supersticiones provienen de la incapacidad de los hombres a reconocer que las coincidencias son simplemente coincidencias.
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral. Un hombre puede vivir y estar sano sin matar animales para alimentarse; por lo tanto, si come carne, participa en la muerte de un animal simplemente para satisfacer su apetito. Y actuar así es inmoral.
He is merely a child. Él es solo un niño.
Optimism is merely a lack of information. El optimismo es tan solo falta de información.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. Las arrugas solo deberían indicar donde las sonrisas estuvieron.
Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty. La belleza no es una cualidad de las cosas por sí mismas: únicamente existe en la mente que las contempla; y cada mente percibe una belleza diferente.
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