Merely in example sentence

I couldn't use my locker for weeks because the bolt on the lock reminded me of the one I had put on my lips when the homeless man on the corner looked at me with eyes up merely searching for an affirmation that he was worth seeing.

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"He merely makes you think that he does."

This caste system was so arcane that it was actually against the law for a black person and a white person to merely play checkers together in Birmingham.

Merely by making the single decision to leave, her parents assured that their daughter would get access to books.

I merely, most respectfully, return Him the ticket."

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