Artificial sweeteners merely feed the desire for the real thing.

At first they merely fed.

Her breath hissed as the pressure of his manipulation increased, and rather than tamping the fire that burned her loins, merely fed it.

Yet he seems to flourish on epithets, apparently convinced that attacks by the political elite merely feed support for him.

But I cannot be sure if Vincent is merely feeding his brother and sisters' imaginations, or is actively up to some mischief.

The other mothers, the control group, merely fed their infants every four hours.

You merely fed upon the Enchantment of the world, giving nothing back.

Oh, you think you should wish luck to people who merely feed lines, do you?

"It merely feeds the basest of human emotions," he argued.

"We are merely feeding the hungry children," their director explained.