A $1,000 investment in 1933 which now brings $20,000, has actually merely returned its 1930 value in purchasing power.

He merely returned her gaze until she grew uncomfortable and looked away.

Why did she not merely return the silver I had given her?

The girl, knowing that he would be all right presently, merely returned his nod and continued playing.

She did neither, and merely returned to the document she was reading.

His wife claimed that he was merely returning from work and had not participated in the day's earlier altercation.

He paused, but Lilly merely returned a stare that could have meant anything.

Even if the two sides merely returned to the table, however, and whatever their motivations in doing so, it could be a healthy thing.

My standard of tennis is at that level where merely returning a serve constitutes a match highlight.

Over the long term, the bureau's reports describe an economy that is merely returning the country to where it was at the beginning of the 1990's.