seem

How to use seem in a sentence

She was growing a little stout, but it did not seem to detract an iota from the grace of every step, pose, gesture.

Accordingly, the question "How far does the note issue under the new system seem likely to prove an elastic one?"

A good many children seem to be like savages in distinguishing those to whom one is bound to speak the truth.

I do not know what I think; all my thoughts seem whirling round as leaves do in brooks in the time of the spring rains.

RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON

They don't seem to think there would be much good gained by begging for special favours through routine channels.

And it is small consolation to me to note that most people's minds seem to be no better done than mine.

Ten or twelve added years had slipped by, and it did not seem human that she should continue to feel bitterly toward me.

THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN

The fillip given would have been far, far greater than that which the mere numbers (1,200 for the Division) would seem to imply.

Nicknames among this class of poor whites in the South seem singularly like those in vogue in New England.

RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON

They vary greatly in size, being sometimes so small as to seem mere points of light with medium-power objectives.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985