semblance

Example Sentences

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“If you strike some semblance of success, it’s easy to say, ‘I’ll just keep iterating on this until I die, because it could never happen again,’” said Hamilton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Who doesn’t yearn to clean up their mistakes and find some semblance of happiness, even when contentment seems so far out of reach?

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Operation Epic Fury shares DNA with a lineage of similarly buzzy code names throughout military history, but generally speaking, they typically maintained some semblance of consultant-speak restraint.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

This is a squad that should compete for the title next season, but right now they have no semblance of an identity, and above all are no longer feared.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

They flailed at their oars, digging them too deep in the water or too shallow, out of time with one another, angry and desperate to catch up, losing all semblance of form.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown