The new biblical critics did not destroy the faith: they merely forced on intelligent people the distinction between history and church doctrine.

At first it was merely forcing Shannow to raise his left arm and lower it ten times.

He concluded that "merely forcing a person to jump from a bridge does not naturally and probably lead to the death of such person."

'You did not merely force the molecules in one direction or another,' she said.

The man moved them with his foot, not roughly, but merely forcing them to yield their place.

Failure merely forced me to a quicker but more dangerous course.

Many analysts say barring the party would merely force its supporters into other rightist groups.

It merely forced the murderous Porter to deliver two crushing blows instead of one.

In fact, the tight lyrical focus merely forces listeners to pay more attention to that marvelous voice and those seductive details.

But Banks protests that the comparison merely forces influences onto the band in an effort to describe their music style.