"merely" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- That, and the cryptic clues that merely deepened the mystery of our racial origins.
- Rather than comforting her, as her friend had so clearly intended to do, Caroline's words merely deepened Julia's sense of foreboding.
- Rather than disarm him, as her skillful show of humility was no doubt calculated to do, it merely deepened his skepticism.
- Mrs. Martins seemed not at all offended by the suggestion, though; the lines between her brows merely deepened as she looked at the straining woman.
- It merely deepened the ugly look in his eyes.
- In retrospect it is clear that the rejection of her work merely deepened her anxiety and revealed the beginnings of a persecution complex.
- Now it merely deepened the loneliness.
- Far from helping to place the strange entity, this provisional dissection merely deepened its mystery.
- That thought merely deepened her gloom and she floated on the water, wishing that Ana would come back.
- The paradox, however, is that the Tories' revival may merely deepen their problems.
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