After he told her all the sound reasons for his decision, she merely repeated the question.

Once again I was in deep trouble for merely repeating what somebody else had said.

There is no point, though, in merely repeating a known pattern.

He merely repeated his order: "Take her to the park."

I concluded, however, to speak to him once more, and merely repeated my previous question.

"I was merely repeating the remarks that had been told me."

It feels most comfortable if the present merely repeats the past.

I merely repeated my performance of slipping through the passage.

Two months later, you responded and merely repeated the paragraph.

I merely repeated what our research department told me.