She wasn't gone two minutes; it merely seemed like a week.

At first the production seemed merely to be a modest success.

It seemed merely to be making a virtue out of necessity.

That was only hours ago; it merely seems like years.

She looked at him, but his mouth seemed merely to grope.

This time he didn't seem merely to be going shopping, either.

"So far, they merely seem to want to sit with us."

The boy seemed embarrassed and merely gestured again to the table.

For other people, including some in this House, it seems merely to be a gateway to fraud.

But he seemed merely to need something cool against his face.