At this distance it was impossible to tell whether they were dead or merely unconscious.

It was not dead, as Nathan saw from a steady movement of the being's trunk, but merely unconscious.

Al discovers their mark is not merely unconscious but dead.

The other was merely unconscious from the mind-blow he had used to stop him.

But he wasn't dead, merely unconscious, and at once, I felt the slow pumping of his heart.

She noted with some relief that he seemed to be merely unconscious.

The Shadow listened to the even beat of her heart and realized that the girl was merely unconscious.

The man might be dead or merely unconscious but he was slowed and no longer fit.

Seeing him slumped over in the driver's seat, Wesley thought his friend was merely unconscious.

This time the traveler's hands struck, and the third guard dropped, merely unconscious.