Thesaurus results for SEEMED

seemed

verb

Definition of seemed next

past tense of seem

as in looked

to give the impression of being I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed

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Recent Examples of seemed More notable still, perhaps, is the fact that calling for the release of the Epstein files has seemed to cut across the myriad divisions rending the Democratic Party. —

Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026 League officials gave the players a talking-to in the morning and, to back it up, Krebs got tagged with a roughing minor on what seemed like routine pushing and shove after the whistle. —

Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026 Doing so at a mainstream pop concert for a largely young audience seemed almost subversive. —

George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 In my recollection now, none of them seemed concerned. —

R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026 That connection interrupts a trajectory that seemed to be heading toward harm. —

Nicole Hockley, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026 The study got its start when co-author Brian Gootee, a geologist with the Arizona Geological Survey, noticed a resemblance between sand deposits downstream of the Grand Canyon and in the Bidahochi—both contained pink, rounded grains that seemed to have been transported by the same river. —

Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026 The very soft spoken Depp seemed humbled to be welcomed from some audience members calling out to him. —

Brian Welk, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026 At first, the reveal seemed straightforward. —

Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for seemed

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Counsell thought Suzuki’s at-bats looked good from the onset of Tuesday’s game and felt the swings in his first at-bat were a great sign.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Every few minutes, the quiet of a muggy spring evening in the Park Glen neighborhood in far north Fort Worth was broken by the clanging of pots, pans, air horns, and other noisemakers as residents looked skyward at unwanted guests.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026