Had they merely placed me in the front row for show?

If you crash, you're merely placed back at the starting point to try again.

I merely placed certain cards on the table and asked you to match them.

He merely placed his name on the ballot and spoke to individual voters.

In order to do this, she merely places a portion of her own blood on the chosen weapon.

This merely places the teams on an even footing - eight position players and a pitcher.

And when that became too formidable a task, he merely placed the bottles around the chair.

They were merely placed by the Ancients at points of great natural power.

This rule merely places the occurrence of the force out before any tag play when it ends the inning.

In a dry mount, the simplest kind of mounting, the object is merely placed on the slide.