as in looked
to give the impression of being
I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed
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Recent Examples of seemed
Collectors tend to bring out their finest at watch gatherings, of course, but the amount of Hublots brought in for this Caribbean jaunt seemed to surpass previous events, including a recent Hublot gathering at Mugello raceway in Tuscany.
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Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
When offshoring was at its peak, cheap labor in Asia and elsewhere seemed to offset these advantages.
—Chris Turlica, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Scouring Mangione's social media, the scion of a prominent Sicilian-American family seemed to live a charmed life.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Subramanian rejected the idea Combs be kept under house arrest at a home with a boat dock in Miami but seemed open to potentially releasing him to confinement with around-the-clock security at a three-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The idea of a caffeine-and-alcohol premix seemed natural.
—Dave Knox, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
But the soft-spoken director rarely seemed to go out of his way to publicly confront the White House.
—Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Something dim and unknowable seemed to be asking me to trust it.
—Rebekah Pahl, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
The Trojans seemed well on their way to seizing that opportunity Wednesday against Oregon, which sat atop the conference after a spotless 8-0 start.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
When offshoring was at its peak, cheap labor in Asia and elsewhere seemed to offset these advantages.
—Chris Turlica, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Scouring Mangione's social media, the scion of a prominent Sicilian-American family seemed to live a charmed life.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Subramanian rejected the idea Combs be kept under house arrest at a home with a boat dock in Miami but seemed open to potentially releasing him to confinement with around-the-clock security at a three-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The idea of a caffeine-and-alcohol premix seemed natural.
—Dave Knox, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
But the soft-spoken director rarely seemed to go out of his way to publicly confront the White House.
—Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Something dim and unknowable seemed to be asking me to trust it.
—Rebekah Pahl, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
The Trojans seemed well on their way to seizing that opportunity Wednesday against Oregon, which sat atop the conference after a spotless 8-0 start.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seemed
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Instead of following the typical format of a tour, Swift looked at it through a new lens and created something revolutionary.William Arruda, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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As with any design period, there’s a massive range in how bathrooms looked in the 1960s.Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 11 Dec. 2024
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Tazewell uses black in many different fabrications and leans into using a felting technique to depict the deeper story behind Erivo’s character.Essence, Essence, 2 Dec. 2024
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The massive, winding fabric sculpture, stretching nearly 150 feet long, will be suspended from its roof, in all its crocheted, beaded, and felted glory, until October 31.Morgan Meier, Curbed, 12 June 2024
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Kat Dunbar, of Bedminster, recalled seeing what at first appeared to be a UFO while driving home with her children.David Chiu, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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In social media posts such as those on Reddit, Mangione appeared to have detailed his issues with lower back pain and spondylolisthesis, a rare back condition caused by the vertebrae in the spine slipping out of place.Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Seemed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seemed. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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