The use of the automatics was merely prolonging the inevitable finish.

Under poor management they would surely have gone bust already, but I feel that they are merely prolonging the inevitable.

She knew as well as he that they were not escaping, but merely prolonging the inevitable.

This war has reached the point that merely prolonging it could make a bad ending even worse.

The West could assist to the best of its ability, without fear of merely prolonging tragedy.

Gray sighed, figuring he either had to take his lumps now or merely prolong the inevitable.

The timing was not at all critical; even if they missed by a month, that would merely prolong the trip.

It concluded that efforts to prolong people's lives too often merely prolonged the pain of dying.

To go deeper into Mexico to the south would be merely prolonging his task.

However, for this to occur, the government must stop seeking a military victory that merely prolongs the suffering of so many people.