seemed; seeming; seems
1
: to appear to the observation or understanding
2
: to give the impression of being
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Examples of seem in a Sentence
What they're doing doesn't seem right to me.
I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed.
Recent Examples on the Web
After stinging defeats in the Kharkiv region and Kherson in the fall of 2022, Russia seemed to pivot.
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Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
The idea of making a TV movie in which regular people got blown to bits by a nuclear blast seemed decidedly off brand.
—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2023
All seems to be off to a good start when the pair reunite in a tearful, airport greeting.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
According to our analysis and interviews with APS staff, the results seemed to be disastrous.
—Todd Feathers, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2023
The sorrow and beauty in it seemed too sharp to have come from a grief that wasn’t personal.
—Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
So Californians as a group seem able to make almost all of their loan payments.
—Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
Both the band and its music seemed lifeless without stacked heels and kabuki color schemes.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
With bonds continuing to drive sentiment and yields falling, there seems to be little place else for gold to go except up, says Matt Simpson, market analyst at City Index and FOREX.com, in an email.
—WSJ, 3 Dec. 2023
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Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
The idea of making a TV movie in which regular people got blown to bits by a nuclear blast seemed decidedly off brand.
—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2023
All seems to be off to a good start when the pair reunite in a tearful, airport greeting.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
According to our analysis and interviews with APS staff, the results seemed to be disastrous.
—Todd Feathers, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2023
The sorrow and beauty in it seemed too sharp to have come from a grief that wasn’t personal.
—Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
So Californians as a group seem able to make almost all of their loan payments.
—Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
Both the band and its music seemed lifeless without stacked heels and kabuki color schemes.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
With bonds continuing to drive sentiment and yields falling, there seems to be little place else for gold to go except up, says Matt Simpson, market analyst at City Index and FOREX.com, in an email.
—WSJ, 3 Dec. 2023
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