Merely talking with the alcove-spaceman would not do the job.

And when it comes to potential consequences I'm not merely talking in the abstract.

For the present I must merely talk to him in my usual fashion.

They tell Julie that merely talking via computer is not a crime.

Mind you, this will actually involve doing things instead of merely talking but there is still time to prepare.

And suddenly the audience realized that she was not merely talking theory.

You can buy months of time by merely talking about eggs and seeds.

After all, we are not merely talking about the passengers in the air, but also the people on the ground.

Now they can act their scene out, instead of merely talking about it.

And, moreover, at this point the two captains were merely talking.