She was no longer satisfied with merely asserting herself as my equal.

Again, he offers no evidence for this; he merely asserts it.

Nucatola believed the referee's most important duty was to make the right call rather than merely assert authority.

He merely asserts that we're unhappy because our dreams have come true.

Other sources merely assert that they were clansmen, or associates.

They merely assert that in some higher, undefinable sense such men are still acting "selfishly."

It is possible that they are merely asserting their right to it.

She merely asserts that Iraq is lying by not revealing its many supposed weapons programs.

He fails to demonstrate the validity of his claims and merely asserts them rhetorically.

The Loudsingers made no attempt to find truth, each merely asserting his or her own vision of history.