How to Use seemingly in a Sentence

seemingly

adverb
  • Houston's players seemingly have three hands each as the last time out the Bearcats turned the ball over 17 times.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Plus, Matt dropped a hint that seemingly implies all things are a-go.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 7 May 2023
  • Kim then birdied the 18th to give himself a seemingly safe cushion.
    Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
  • Wrapped in fiber, filled with straw and seemingly as long as a bus, the lines, called wattles, keep soil from washing away.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Drake is poking fun at his beef with Kendrick Lamar now that their feud has seemingly died down.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 28 July 2024
  • Elijah Mitchell tacked on a 3-yard touchdown run to seemingly ice the game with about three minutes to go.
    Steve Almasy, CNN, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The 10 tracks here don’t take any side in any seemingly eternal punk vs. prog culture war.
    Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 7 June 2023
  • And yet, the singer spent most of the set crooning with his eyes closed, seemingly growing more comfortable in the space throughout the song.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
  • The seemingly mundane chore brings all the tensions of trying to belong in a new country to the surface.
    Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Khan is seemingly no longer accusing the U.S. of being the main culprit for his demise.
    Peter Aitken, Fox News, 12 July 2023
  • So, Moo Deng’s fame has been due in part to her seemingly playful, and at times frenzied, nature.
    Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Even the seemingly picture-perfect gigs in Hollywood are a lot a lot like too many jobs these days: a lot of work and not enough pay.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Would OpenAI want a seemingly balanced voice like hers on its new board?
    Paresh Dave, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Something as seemingly benign as a car’s tailpipe can be the culprit.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 9 Aug. 2024
  • This swipe was seemingly a reference to the blend of French and African slang that Nakamura uses in her lyrics.
    Niamh Kennedy, CNN, 3 July 2024
  • The hopeful pleas tucked into the stump-turned-mailbox at the edge of Yew Dell's fairy forest seemingly have no limits.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 17 May 2023
  • Wyatt’s name was seemingly scrubbed from the school’s website as of Tuesday.
    Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
  • This can save you the time and stress of searching through seemingly endless options to find something that works for you and your lifestyle.
    Jim Slavik, Car and Driver, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Harris seemingly caught all the balls thrown his way during the one-on-one period.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The saga of phantom noises clapping through The View has seemingly tooted out.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2023
  • In the clip, which was taken from far away, the duo are seemingly walking with their hands around each other’s waists, as well as holding hands.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Eighty feels exactly like 80 with seemingly a new pain each day.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • In the years since the two bandmates passed away, that feud has seemingly continued between Leigh and Linda.
    Bill Donahue, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2024
  • But in a seemingly impossible turn of events, the wandering bird has made its way back to Maine.
    Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Folie à Deux seemingly is the most solid Best Picture candidate among the Venice crop.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2024
  • In other words, CipherBlade itself seemingly didn’t do much to help recover the funds – the thief strangely just did the right thing.
    Cyrus Farivar, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • For years, the internet — with sites like Wikipedia and Reddit — was a seemingly endless source of data.
    Nico Grant, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
  • In digging in for the long haul, Hill and her team seek to track the toll of a most painful obsession on a seemingly decent man unable to lay down his burden.
    Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 7 June 2023
  • Lopez has seemingly been looking for a big-money fight in his career over the past few years, and a clash with Garcia could potentially check that box.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • That's on top of a relentless campaign schedule that has seemingly left barely any residents here unaware of who their candidates are.
    Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024

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