in appearance

idiom

: in the way one looks
He is still very youthful in appearance.

Examples of in appearance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web These turtles were similar to sea turtles today in appearance, but their sheer size puts them in another league altogether. Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024 Chameleonic in appearance and manner, Armisen could play it straight as well, but is best known for characterizations that skirt insufferableness, often to the point where the premise circles around again to begrudging hilarity. Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2023 Animals including snakes are sentient beings with thoughts, feeling and individual personalities, but because reptiles are so different in appearance than humans, people don't always understand their capacity to suffer, Holtz told CBS MoneyWatch. Kate Gibson, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024 The appearance of a rash caused by wearing an Apple Watch may vary in appearance, but typically presents as redness, itching, or irritation on the skin in the area where the watch is worn, Shahbaz said. Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 20 Feb. 2024 McKinney’s change in appearance could be symbolic of a deeper change within the program that Johnson is trying to instill. Stefan Stevenson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024 While new moons are always dark in appearance, March's lunar phase has a bright side! Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024 Colburn Center, the new building, will be modest in appearance compared with the other two but represents a significant leap for the Colburn School, which opened on Bunker Hill in 1998 and has around 2,000 students. Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024 By and large, all else being equal, modern-day generative AI is relatively fluent in appearance. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024

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“In appearance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20appearance. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.

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