How to Use seeming in a Sentence
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By the end of the video, each man reaches the top of a ledge and jumps off to their seeming demise.
— Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2022 -
Dillon and the cop both point toward the stands, with the latter seeming to tell the running back to get back in the stands.
— Kassidy Hill, USA TODAY, 24 July 2022 -
What about the infamous footage of her seeming to drift off during the 2015 State of the Union address?
— Michael O’Sullivan, kansascity, 10 May 2018 -
Colombia pounced on the (seeming) error, and Bacca broke in and beat Pickford.
— Andrew Das, New York Times, 5 July 2018 -
And not even something as ubquitous seeming today as Zoom will be immune.
— Abram Brown, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021 -
The city has a shameful record of seeming to drift away from its Vision Zero goal of ending traffic deaths by 2024.
— Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2021 -
Calderon was struck by their larger-than-life magnetism, with some seeming to smirk and others shooting a side-eye.
— Sandra Upson, Wired, 11 Nov. 2021 -
Being anti-sentimental to the point of seeming coldhearted was at the core of his art.
— Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022 -
In Murphy’s typical way, there are plot twists — deaths and revivals, with the specter of the supernatural seeming to wax and wane.
— Daniel D'addario, Variety, 13 Oct. 2022 -
Villanelle would take a few more bullets before floating away lifeless, the blood around her seeming to form angel wings, her hand just out of reach of Eve's.
— Dan Snierson, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2022 -
The images of Ehlinger seeming to stand alone as the song was played infuriated some in the Texas community, who wanted the entire team on the field as the song played.
— Nicholas Reimann, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021 -
Open and airy seeming, with two roasting ovens, the dangers of diacetyl and 2,3 pentandione were not obvious.
— Raquel Rutledge, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2017 -
But a seeming cease fire - at least temporarily - has let crude values fall back down below $60.
— Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle, 15 Jan. 2020 -
Rising from his seeming ‘death,’ Joe will re-emerge as his former self — Ninja Kamui — to avenge his family and friends.
— James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2022 -
Yet employees who skip run the risk of seeming checked out or disconnected from their teammates.
— Kathryn Dill, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2022 -
Nor is the shadow of Trump seeming to keep Republicans from having a turnout advantage.
— Harry Enten, CNN, 1 Nov. 2021 -
Of course, no human can be distilled into a single word, and there’s a case to be made that Lightfoot is all these things, even in their seeming contradiction.
— Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 21 May 2021 -
And the seeming never-ending parade of freight trucks that clog the streets outside the Woods Hole terminal is straining patience and resources in that section of the coastal town of Falmouth.
— BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2021 -
But, on the other hand, amid their chaos and Danny Ainge’s seeming desire to remake the roster, the Jazz assuredly are monitoring the market.
— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2022 -
Love the idea of seeing a realistic seeming T. rex or stegosaurus at full 40-plus-foot length — incidentally, the same length as the bona fide T. rex skeleton known as Sue inside the Field — and you’ll be awestruck.
— Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2017 -
Use of the police body camera is rising, with the majority of officers and public seeming to favor them.
— Kurt Snibbe, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2017 -
Many pumps in the state carried a political message: Tiny stickers with a picture of President Joe Biden pointing at the price and seeming to take credit.
— Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2022 -
The same cannot be said of recent viewers, more and more of whom read the playing-off of those who win lesser-seeming awards earlier in the evening as acts of institutional disrespect.
— Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023 -
Even something as innocent-seeming as your level of extraversion can be used by marketers to boost product sales.
— Hannah Hickok, Glamour, 20 Oct. 2021 -
Seeming and being were, and remain, magnetic poles of Basquiat’s genius, and elements of a fungible myth.
— Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 26 May 2017 -
The former vice president began the year seeming destined to lose the Democratic primary.
— Mark Z. Barabak Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2020 -
Once in Cabo San Lucas, there are a plethora of new-ish or recently renovated hotels and resorts to choose from, with a new resort seeming to pop up every month or so.
— Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022 -
In fact, Malcolm is pained by her own seeming indifference to her mother’s needs and desperations.
— Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 20 Mar. 2023 -
What these seeming anomalies say, at least interpreted in light of the last 86 years of policing in Minneapolis, is that a deformed version of cop culture can be even stronger than blood.
— Samuel G. Freedman, The New Republic, 21 June 2023 -
Musk’s estrangement from his daughter is sad, but of far greater consequence is his seeming estrangement from humanity itself.
— Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
- I was fooled by the seeming simplicity of the instructions.
- Parents discussed the teacher's seeming lack of interest in the students.
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And the seeming lack of action is puzzling, to say the least.
— Ed Silverman, STAT, 27 July 2021 -
Here are some of the best tweets about the seeming lack of safety precautions.
— oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2021 -
For all of its seeming perks, empathy can be a hard sell.
— Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022 -
The seeming indifference from the people on the beach stayed with her.
— New York Times, 19 May 2021 -
The dropout issues have vexed Ryzen customers for months, with no seeming rhyme or reason for the cause.
— Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 12 Mar. 2021 -
But his seeming call to overturn the election sounds a lot like their warning.
— Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 1 June 2021 -
The AMAs’ decision marks a seeming sweep of Wallen being barred from awards shows this year.
— Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Oct. 2021 -
If truth be told, Markus is equally shattered by the seeming randomness of the tragedy.
— Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 13 May 2021 -
The seeming lack of consciousness is a point of contention about what happened that night.
— Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al, 19 Aug. 2022 -
The difference is that for Butler, there has been a seeming ease of offense.
— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2022 -
Hopper caught that the seeming sadness of city life is also part of its gaiety.
— Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2022 -
Why had there been a seeming rush to embalm the body, without an autopsy?
— Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2021 -
Both versions satirize a seeming city of gold that turns out to be anything but that.
— Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2021 -
The set of shows serves as a seeming continuation of his massive 42-date Love on Tour from last year.
— Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2022 -
This rightfully brings to the forefront the need to ask, in light of the seeming perpetuity of our problems, what is a leader?
— Eli Amdur, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021 -
Watching Miller in the role, Vaughan noted the rawness of her performance, the seeming honesty of it.
— New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022 -
More troubling perhaps was the seeming disconnect between coaches and Oweh on whether to let the Bills score.
— Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 3 Oct. 2022 -
The seeming randomness of the strikes intensifies the feeling among some that survival might come down to sheer luck.
— Phil McCausland, NBC News, 21 July 2022 -
Stephanie Beatriz provides the voice of Mirabel, who’s charged with saving her family in spite of her seeming lack of powers.
— Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2021 -
That image makes his seeming surprise at the rapidity of the collapse of the resistance to the Taliban all the more shocking.
— Chris Cillizza, CNN, 30 Aug. 2021 -
The tragedy highlighted a growing concern about the seeming flood of firearms across America.
— Priya Krishnakumar, CNN, 30 Jan. 2022 -
The seeming cherry on the sundae is an 11.6% discount to RMT’s holdings’ net asset value.
— Brett Owens, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2021 -
South Korea and Japan diverged from the seeming regional trend.
— Washington Post, 23 June 2021 -
And the title track is a busy, glorious sprawl: a seeming mess where every sound has purpose, utility, and verve to spare.
— Spin Staff, SPIN, 22 Apr. 2022 -
Perhaps the only positive thing that came from the pandemic was a seeming pause of mass shootings.
— Sarah Krueger, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 May 2021 -
The lack of resources can be compounded by the seeming complexity of certain tools or a lack of training.
— Amber Gray-Fenner, Forbes, 7 June 2021 -
Many fans didn’t like that Winans had a seeming attachment to then-President Donald Trump.
— Rhonda Gillespie, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022 -
The potential for romance and the seeming inevitability of heartbreak lingers through their canon.
— Brad Auerbach, SPIN, 2 Oct. 2022
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