SEEM in a Sentence

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For SEEM, below is one of 420 sentences:
IT must a been close on to one o'clock when we got below the island at last, and the raft did seem to go mighty slow.

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 Meanings and Examples of SEEM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
seem
 v.  give the effect of being or be judged to be
 v.  appear to one's own mind or opinion
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Of course, it did seem to begin to grow for her that morning.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
2  He had also a lot of hair which tumbled over his forehead in heavy locks and made his thin face seem smaller.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
3  It would seem to bring him nearer.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
4  "Us mustn't seem as if us was watchin him too close," said Dickon.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
5  That would seem such a rational thing to do that no one would think it at all mysterious.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
6  It did not seem possible that he could be the crazy creature who had screamed and beaten and bitten his pillow.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
7  Then it did seem as if Ben really would scramble down on her side of the wall, he was so outraged.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
8  They never startled one by being sudden enough to seem dangerous or threatening.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
9  It seemed like a thing alive and yet its tiny voice made the stillness seem deeper.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
10  He took a good scolding about clodding Sid, and did not seem to mind it in the least.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
11  I don't seem to care for it, somehow, when there ain't anybody to say I sha'n't go in.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
12  Mary's eyes turned toward her in spite of her intention not to seem to care.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
13  But I hadn't no luck somehow; I couldn't seem to find the place.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII.
14  IT must a been close on to one o'clock when we got below the island at last, and the raft did seem to go mighty slow.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII.
15  Well, here she comes, and we said she was going to try and shave us; but she didn't seem to be sheering off a bit.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  There doesn't seem to be any system to the books on these shelves - they're certainly not in alphabetical order.
17  Compare your grievs with other men's and they will seem less.
18  There are always new projects which seem to put the reunion back further.
19  These problems now seem fairly common.
20  She doesn't seem unduly concerned about her exams.
21  The management did not seem to consider office safety to be a priority.
22  The two of them seem unable to control their sexual urges.
23  We seem to stagger from one crisis to the next.
24  Planners seem a little uncomfortable with the current government guidelines.
25  The teacher didn't seem to have done much preparation for the class.
26  Despite being heavily outgunned, the rebel forces seem to have held on to the south side of the city.
27  This would seem to be an opportune moment for reviving our development plan.
28  While the two are only days apart in age they seem to belong to wholly different generations.
29  They seem to draw down ridicule on us.
30  You seem especially happy today.