"It's merely temporary," he said in his most coaxing voice.

This is merely temporary, he promises, until he gets a job.

The bad news is that relief will be merely temporary.

I'd had some nasty shocks, but the worst one was merely temporary.

In a written statement, she stated that her retirement was merely temporary in order to start a family.

The effect of the gas, I am told, is merely temporary.

But Bernard always believed the lack of cash to be merely temporary.

Furthermore, the leaders say the new measure is not likely to make the cut merely temporary.

The jobs were merely temporary, for the duration of the hard winter.

He had been told that his condition was merely temporary, the result of stress, and would soon pass.