The cops put an end to hope merely by their presence.

I merely hope to be there when you meet that destined fate.

Merely hoping he would speak had turned my own throat against me.

I merely hope to find out what they have that will help us to convince the world of what's about to happen, period.

I was merely hoping that we were not involved once more.

In other versions, Al merely hoped that this could happen.

He merely hoped that the players would forget their differences in the thick of the game.

He hadn't been hoping merely with that to find out anything about Art.

Far from planning to learn something that evening, I was beginning to hope merely to survive it.

She could merely hope the owners had escaped, all of them.