How to Use semblance in a Sentence

semblance

noun
  • This could be their last chance to get some semblance of justice.
    — Omar Jimenez, CNN, 2 May 2022
  • If all goes well, maybe there will be some semblance of it by the playoffs.
    — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2021
  • But how would a semblance of a shade Smith wore decades ago be a go-to now?
    — Jackie Fields, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The franchise has felt some semblance of this type of pride before.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
  • As soon as the war started, any semblance of our normal lives was gone.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2022
  • By the end of the reshuffling, the deck will have no semblance of order.
    — Sophia Chen, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The time involved in finding some semblance of peace.
    — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • Soon enough, any semblance of control would slip through their fingers.
    — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024
  • That, along with any semblance of a normal 21-year-old’s life, will have to wait.
    — Kristen V Brown, Bloomberg.com, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Let’s takes things back to some semblance of sanity for a moment.
    — Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • As the months wore on, many people longed for some semblance or normalcy.
    — David Petkiewicz, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2020
  • When Warner went down in the first quarter, there was the semblance of a shift.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Then, at least, there was a semblance of the country being united.
    — Scott Meslow, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Chauvin cuffed and walked out of court, a semblance of justice for those who never saw it.
    — Time, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Is Sarah perhaps getting some semblance of her groove back?
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Hawaii must use a semblance of balance or part of its passing game as a short-running game.
    — Chris Wassel, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 29 Nov. 2019
  • The plants swayed in their seats, and their branches rustled in a semblance of applause.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2020
  • Some semblance of time does exist on Sommarøy.
    — Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
  • To help keep some semblance of normalcy, Mosley lets his kids pick out a book each night.
    — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 23 July 2020
  • And some semblance of a backlash has already begun.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Coming back on a winning streak could be the morale boost this team needs to return to some semblance of rhythm.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Writing was the only way for Kelly to feel any semblance of joy.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 8 May 2023
  • Brooklyn has lost five in a row after showing a brief semblance of finding a groove.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • In the uneasy middle, people are trying to hold on to some semblance of their old lives.
    — Wsj Staff, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2020
  • Watch whether the Cowboys can get any semblance of a running game going.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The Padres showed some semblance of their prime time lineup on Friday.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Moyes still has a semblance of faith in his former protege, but knows the market is shrinking.
    — SI.com, 26 June 2019
  • That could change as the settlement knocks out the last semblance of amateurism.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The only salve to the wounds and save a semblance of their season is the beat the Wolverines.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2019
  • There was even some semblance of hope for UConn’s struggling offense.
    — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 18 Sep. 2021

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