How to Use semblance in a Sentence

semblance

noun

• By the end of the reshuffling, the deck will have no semblance of order.
  — Sophia Chen, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2022
• The hemline of the frock looked like a semblance of florals.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 7 May 2024
• But how would a semblance of a shade Smith wore decades ago be a go-to now?
  — Jackie Fields, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
• Klara, a sort of Stevens 2.0, doesn’t need to sleep or eat and lacks even the semblance of a private life.
  — New York Times, 23 Feb. 2021
• If all goes well, maybe there will be some semblance of it by the playoffs.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2021
• The hope was to hold the Spirited Awards, or a semblance of them, on the weekend of Tales of the cocktail.
  — al, 23 Apr. 2020
• That, along with any semblance of a normal 21-year-old’s life, will have to wait.
  — Kristen V Brown, Bloomberg.com, 29 Aug. 2020
• Even the Greatest Show on Turf version of the Rams had a semblance of a defense.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• The only semblance of a plan the girls come up with is for Kelsey to act so boring that the show will cut her loose.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 May 2021
• This could be their last chance to get some semblance of justice.
  — Omar Jimenez, CNN, 2 May 2022
• The franchise has felt some semblance of this type of pride before.
  — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
• The plants swayed in their seats, and their branches rustled in a semblance of applause.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2020
• In the main room, scalloped with marble basins, there was a semblance of decorum, but in the side rooms, the men were young and frisky.
  — New York Times, 12 May 2022
• The 9-to-5 workday, or any semblance of it, seems like a relic of a bygone era.
  — Author: Michelle Davis, Jeff Green, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2020
• As soon as the war started, any semblance of our normal lives was gone.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2022
• The Padres showed some semblance of their prime time lineup on Friday.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
• Here’s hoping that some semblance of peace finds its way to the Lehigh Valley and beyond in 2021.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2020
• The pathos, tied to the loss of a parent or a loved one, gives the material some semblance of feeling.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 10 Mar. 2022
• To help keep some semblance of normalcy, Mosley lets his kids pick out a book each night.
  — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 23 July 2020
• This was supposed to be the year that Artscape returned to a semblance of normalcy.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2024
• Coming back on a winning streak could be the morale boost this team needs to return to some semblance of rhythm.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2022
• Like the rest of the country, Mogadishu felt the collapse of any semblance of governance in the early 1990s.
  — Amanda Sperber, Vogue, 20 May 2021
• Writing was the only way for Kelly to feel any semblance of joy.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 8 May 2023
• Chauvin cuffed and walked out of court, a semblance of justice for those who never saw it.
  — Time, 21 Apr. 2021
• Watch whether the Cowboys can get any semblance of a running game going.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
• Apparently, that still couldn’t give them any semblance of a boost against the Hawks.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2024
• In the uneasy middle, people are trying to hold on to some semblance of their old lives.
  — Wsj Staff, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2020
• This was a glad return to a semblance of SummerFests past.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2021
• Still, the Cats were denied a sweep as the Canes made at least a semblance of a series out of it, though still facing two elimination games.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 27 May 2025
• While its consumption leads to a couple of fun visual flourishes, the release that follows makes any semblance of confrontation and introspection far too easy.
  — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 June 2025