SEEMINGLY in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for SEEMINGLY, such as:
1. It was a seemingly impossible task.
2. He is now seemingly quiet for a spell.
3. She plays with seemingly effortless skill.
4. He seemed a bit biased against women in my opinion.
5. He seemed to have lost the ability to think rationally.
2. He is now seemingly quiet for a spell.
3. She plays with seemingly effortless skill.
4. He seemed a bit biased against women in my opinion.
5. He seemed to have lost the ability to think rationally.
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Meanings and Examples of SEEMINGLY
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seemingly
ad. from appearances alone
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Now, as then, he stood listlessly in his place, seemingly a tranquil watcher of the scene before him.
2 The only sail noticeable was a foreign schooner with all sails set, which was seemingly going westwards.
3 He said he had seen him not ten minutes before, seemingly asleep in his bed, when he had looked through the observation-trap in the door.
4 He is a seemingly arbitrary man, but this is because he knows what he is talking about better than any one else.
5 There on the bed, seemingly in a swoon, lay poor Lucy, more horribly white and wan-looking than ever.
6 After another hour Lucy waked from her sleep, fresh and bright and seemingly not much the worse for her terrible ordeal.
7 Somewhere near, a passing bell was tolling; the dogs all round the neighbourhood were howling; and in our shrubbery, seemingly just outside, a nightingale was singing.
8 She was still sleeping, and the Professor seemingly had not moved from his seat at her side.
9 There lay Lucy, seemingly just as we had seen her the night before her funeral.
10 We continued to talk for some time; and, seeing that he was seemingly quite reasonable, she ventured, looking at me questioningly as she began, to lead him to his favourite topic.
11 The floor was seemingly inches deep, except where there were recent footsteps, in which on holding down my lamp I could see marks of hobnails where the dust was cracked.
12 For a moment or two we stood appalled, all save Lord Godalming, who was seemingly prepared for such an emergency.
13 He is now seemingly quiet for a spell.
14 It seemingly had driven the snow clouds from us, for, with only occasional bursts, the snow fell.
15 He came and clasped her hand, seemingly without knowing what he was saying or doing.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Her fellow members marveled at her seemingly infinite energy.
2 A seemingly endless line of trucks waits in vain to load up.
3 She plays with seemingly effortless skill.
4 You can only stare at seemingly tame Dada graphics in nice little glass cabinets.
5 The new minister was faced with a seemingly impossible task.
6 It was a seemingly impossible task.
7 But he stares out over my shoulder at the skyline, his expression blank, seemingly disinterested in whether I choose to go with him or not.
8 The new eleven hour curfew has been brought in by an administration seemingly desperate to stop what has now become a wave of demonstrations against King Gyanendra, his son Crown Prince Paras and increasingly, in favor of a republic.
9 Faith in our collective power to resolve seemingly intractable problems is a gift that should inspire us all this Thanksgiving.
10 The government probe began after Christ told Go Public the fast food outlet is bringing in Filipino workers while cutting local staffers' hours and turning away dozens of seemingly qualified Canadians seeking jobs.
11 He seemed to have lost the ability to think rationally.
12 She actually seemed pleased to see him: most of her visitors she merely tolerated.
13 He seemed a bit biased against women in my opinion.
14 He seemed to have already struck up a friendship with Jo.
15 It seemed impossible that anyone could endure such pain.