seemed; seeming; seems
1
: to appear to the observation or understanding
2
: to give the impression of being
Examples of seem in a Sentence
What they're doing doesn't seem right to me.
I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed.
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The musical’s overture gives you a sense of the complexity that’s needed to make seeming simple and straightforward material really soar.
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Kathryn Romeyn,
Travel + Leisure,
7 July 2026
The reason grocery prices seem all over the place is because every food product and industry is different.
—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
7 July 2026
The musical’s overture gives you a sense of the complexity that’s needed to make seeming simple and straightforward material really soar.
—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
6 July 2026
But today’s round of studio divestments seems to put a hard stop on the era where Microsoft was willing to put money toward pulling interesting indie developers into the Xbox fold.
—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
6 July 2026
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“Seem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seem. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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