How to Use seem in a Sentence
seem
verb- What they're doing doesn't seem right to me.
- I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed.
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The weight seemed much lighter.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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Road rage doesn’t seem to faze him.
—Rose Evans updated March 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
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None of it seemed to make any sense.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2026
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Things seemed to shift over the last year.
—Tomás Mier, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
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Still, so far this year’s haul seems to be a good one.
—Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
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Part of that seems to be by design.
—Amy Wallace, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
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But no one seemed to have ordered it.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
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One method that seems to be working?
—Rachel Kraus, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
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So that very much seems to be an excuse.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2026
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The problem seems to be ground balls.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
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This seems like an unfair irony to some.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
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A lot of people seem mad about this deal.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2026
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That seems like a universe away.
—Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
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That seems to happen a lot with him.
—Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
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But nothing seems to do him any good.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
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The tides seem to have turned in his favor.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 20 Jan. 2026
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Frankly, the man seems a little off.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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This does seem to be a short-term issue.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
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Don’t seem like the tattoo type.
—Bayliss Wagner, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Posey seems to want to pass this off as prudence.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
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One woman’s friend seems to think so.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
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But right away, something seemed to click.
—Frank Rajkowski, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
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Even if so, the timeline seems so quick!
—William Earl, Variety, 19 June 2026
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That doesn’t seem like a recipe for success.
—Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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That seems like a point that keeps getting missed.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 May 2026
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Yes, and that seems to hold up, at least for Wallen.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
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To change them after the fact just doesn't seem right.
—Erin Jones, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
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On one hand, this seems like a bit of a horror show.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
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