The Meeting House merely hastened that change.

Marxist thought holds that each new advance in society merely hastens the eventual revolution.

Thus the Venerians were doomed, and man would merely hasten their destruction.

But many economists, including some who were early champions of deregulation, now believe that the resulting cash squeeze merely hastened the inevitable trend toward consolidation.

The French people expressed no respect for the dictates of foreign monarchs, and the threat of force merely hastened their militarisation.

The impact hazard merely hastens the pace.

The managing agent scandal, many agents say, merely hastened the necessary reforms.

Any attempt to do so would merely hasten the explosion of nationalist tensions in republic after republic.

Carrie merely hastened her steps and took the Sixth Avenue car.

Some analysts believe that the price jump merely hastened a long-term trend away from a product that has lost its social purpose.