'We'll try the Pattern Jugglers first,' Sajaki said, absently, as if no one else were present, merely toying with the notion.

If your father can break the Vale shieldsand the working-shields, he is merely toying with us, and anything we do is trivial against him.

He's merely toying with us.

Or was his speechwriter merely toying with the country's intellectuals?

He was aware that this was because he was merely toying with the idea, with no intention of putting it into practice.

For his part he drank sparingly, and waited long between drafts, toying with it merely, waiting for the least dizziness to follow: none did.

That he was merely toying with her.

He hated the way the hunters snickered, as if they were merely toying with him.

He put down the glass he had been merely toying with.

Mr. Lagerfeld took the pop references that other designers have been merely toying with to another level.