SEMBLANCE in a Sentence
Learn SEMBLANCE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
22 example sentences for SEMBLANCE, such as:
1. The film lacks any semblance of realism.
2. His face turned to a semblance of gray paste.
3. Lily shook her head with a charming semblance of regret.
4. Foolish men mistake transitory semblance for eternal fact.
5. She was trying to get her thoughts back into some semblance of order.
2. His face turned to a semblance of gray paste.
3. Lily shook her head with a charming semblance of regret.
4. Foolish men mistake transitory semblance for eternal fact.
5. She was trying to get her thoughts back into some semblance of order.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SEMBLANCE
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semblance
n. picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
n. an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
Classic Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1 Ashley Wilkes was elected captain, because he was the best rider in the County and because his cool head was counted on to keep some semblance of order.
2 When Gerald first moved to north Georgia, there had been no Atlanta at all, not even the semblance of a village, and wilderness rolled over the site.
3 As he moved slowly to the side of the wagon, there was a ghostly semblance of the old host of Tara welcoming guests, as if Gerald spoke words from out of shadowy memory.
4 Now that they had a little food, everyone at Tara was busy trying to restore some semblance of naturalness to life.
5 There was a semblance of order in the front of the store, where tall shelves rose into the gloom stacked with bright bolts of cloth, china, cooking utensils and notions.
6 But the peace he gained was hollow, only an outward semblance, for he had purchased it at the cost of everything he held to be right in married life.
7 But even to her own conscience she must trump up a semblance of defence.
8 Lily shook her head with a charming semblance of regret.
9 His face turned to a semblance of gray paste.
10 Be sure to provide yourself with some previous engagement which shall have a semblance of probability, and communicate the fact to me by a line in writing.
11 The mourning in her heart forbade her assuming this simple ornament, though she had not yet had time to put on the outward semblance of woe.
12 I have observed that when I wore the semblance of Edward Hyde, none could come near to me at first without a visible misgiving of the flesh.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
13 They had long since dropped to pieces, and every semblance of print had left them.
14 This graceful semblance of luxury was a kind of child's play, which was full of charm in that gentle and severe household, which raised poverty into dignity.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.
15 The convict is no longer, so to speak, in the semblance of the living.
Example Sentence:
1 The city has now returned to some semblance of normality after last night's celebrations.
2 The film lacks any semblance of realism.
3 She was trying to get her thoughts back into some semblance of order.
4 Foolish men mistake transitory semblance for eternal fact.