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.