It was very simple: I merely described myself in my own words.

The words were merely describing what the book was about.

The warden merely described him as "a big nothing doing time."

But such action is not merely described; it pops right up from the pages.

I merely described the various different definitions of what it is to be 'winning'.

It merely describes what is done to plants to force them to develop side shoots.

In this context "death" describes merely the state where something has ceased, for example, life.

Wooden Leg had merely described the markings he saw on the body.

The mathematical term merely describes something whose rate of growth is proportional to its size.

The authors stress that they are merely describing this development, not celebrating it.