seemed; seeming; seems
1
: to appear to the observation or understanding
2
: to give the impression of being
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.
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However, there seemed to be more problems on the back end, especially with Blades and Sterlin out.
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Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Reliever Luke Weaver melted down again, and then seemed lost trying to explain it postgame.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
While that’s certainly true, many moviegoers don’t seem to be connecting with Smashing Machine thus far, based on the worrisome B- CinemaScore (for an adult drama, that’s like receiving a C).
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2025
That distance, in the past two years, has come to seem seismic, insurmountable.
—Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
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Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Reliever Luke Weaver melted down again, and then seemed lost trying to explain it postgame.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
While that’s certainly true, many moviegoers don’t seem to be connecting with Smashing Machine thus far, based on the worrisome B- CinemaScore (for an adult drama, that’s like receiving a C).
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2025
That distance, in the past two years, has come to seem seismic, insurmountable.
—Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Seem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seem. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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