I was merely signaling that this was not an official trip.

Without the case for these assumptions being established, the formal description merely signals that the writer knows roughly what a sonnet is.

At worst, they merely signal a reluctance or inability to grapple with those problems.

However, such gains merely signal a near-term rally for stocks, some analysts said.

It was a long wait, and its end merely signalled the start of another.

Or was he merely signaling with his revolver?

Further, in offering such plans the Israelis were merely signaling their hope for development partnerships with the Palestinians.

Therefore it was likely that the metal merely signaled the possible presence of something else the Monsters wanted.

When the machine at the church picked up, however, it merely signaled a long tone as well.

But every viewer knows that should merely signal the beginning of more legal wrangling.