Sentence examples for or merely from inspiring English sources

Or merely more forceful.

Or merely meta?

Or merely perspicacious?

Or merely loving friends?

Or merely impatience?

Or merely more difficult to apprehend?

Are they dead, or merely frightened?

IS THE patient dead or merely stunned?

Is it real or merely political rhetoric?

Was the president indifferent, or merely incompetent?

Or merely for a flight of fancy.