Maybe he was merely manipulating her.

Curtis's photographs did not merely manipulate and falsify specific details regarding Native Americans.

The sharks destroyed anything that could oppose them; the Hunters enslaved it; and we merely manipulated it.

They are merely manipulating symbols without knowing what they mean.

And again, companies that produce goods that customers 'really' want can be expected to out-perform, and ultimately replace, those who merely manipulate demand.

Gabriel and the Welcome Rain were merely manipulating their skiagénos, and had the advantage of not being tired in body.

Does a toddler seek to manipulate or merely instinctively know how?

Unless the man was merely manipulating him, playing games.

Or, more ominous, was she merely manipulating him as a calculating killer might?

What makes Vanderbilt a hero for Mr. Gordon is his interest in actually running railroads instead of merely manipulating their stocks.