Sentence examples for may be merely from inspiring English sources

What looks like defeat may be merely a setback.

West Tennessee may be merely a proxy for anywhere.

But that may be merely a temporary retreat.

Besides, some of Mr Trimble's grumbles may be merely tactical.

To say that may be merely to describe her intentions.

But it may be merely bewildering to those not already familiar with Benjamin's oeuvre.

In that context, Hammond's new £1.4bn may be merely a sticking plaster.

Then again, this state may be "merely the anteroom to oblivion".

For some of us, a smaller check than we were promised may be merely an irritation.

Sound change is not necessarily phonological; it may be merely phonetic (see above Structural linguistics: Phonology).

But that may be merely a matter of personal pique on my part.