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
• Even the Greatest Show on Turf version of the Rams had a semblance of a defense.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Writing was the only way for Kelly to feel any semblance of joy.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 8 May 2023
• Apparently, that still couldn’t give them any semblance of a boost against the Hawks.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2024
• After all, most places on Earth get some semblance of sunlight, right?
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 29 June 2022
• Coleman is fine in the role, giving a semblance of an actual person against the odds.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
• The good news is that any semblance of effort will probably go a long way for Phoenix against Boston.
  — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
• As does any semblance of peace within the Cardin family.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2023
• From the taps, only salt water Even as the bombs fall, a semblance of normal life is evident on the streets of Mykolaiv.
  — Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2022
• The three biggest gangs that made the country one of the most violent places on earth appear to have lost any semblance of power.
  — Natalie Kitroeff, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
• Enough for any one designer who wants to have some semblance of balance in their private life.
  — Sarah Mower, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2022
• Ryan has a semblance of a moral conscience, but this is a novelty among his family and pals.
  — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
• Many people are ready to let their guard down and attempt to return to some semblance of normalcy.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 19 Apr. 2022
• After Vaughn concluded, the police cleared the aisles, and Barkley imposed a semblance of order.
  — Samuel G. Freedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2023
• Maybe the worry is still there with them, and maybe that feeling has been overwhelmed by the desire to return to some semblance of normalcy.
  — Damon Young, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022
• This entails selective breeding of cows to get the species back to some semblance of what their ancestors may have looked like.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2022
• Now that much of the world has returned to semblance of normality, that advantage may dry up.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 6 Sep. 2022
• The few residents who remain in the camp are determined to preserve a semblance of normal life.
  — Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
• Nothing with any semblance of permanence is going to come cheap or easy.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2022
• This is beyond the pale and undercuts any semblance of Ethical AI.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• There is a semblance of a story, but Glazer is careful not to draw on the usual melodramatic tropes.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
• Forensic experts and search teams combed through the rubble for weeks looking for any semblance of human remains.
  — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• For decades, doctors coached me on what seems a million different ways to become any semblance of active.
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 11 Mar. 2023
• The Heat went to work late Sunday morning to watch film, before players scattered their separate ways for some semblance of an off day.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 8 May 2023
• Elsewhere in Ukraine: Life is returning to some semblance of normalcy in northern and western parts of the country.
  — Amy Cheng, Washington Post, 26 May 2022
• However, by the series finale, a semblance of hope and Miep’s resilience returns.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024