Appearance in a sentence as a noun

He made comments that didn't have to do with their physical appearance - like "she was mean" or "she was rude".

Rather than being judged on their work, or their connections, or what not - they are now being judged for their appearance.

Sure it's important to be present for social functions, and there's an art to "making an appearance" that is just part of playing the game.

Instead, he accepted the invitation and then spent his time shredding their appearance of commitment to free software.

The author continually mistakes "design" for visual appearance.

Despite the appearance of these alternative implementations, the spec itself is still very problematic.

After all, he was the guest of the Argentine government, who had invited him to come speak at this conference in order to reinforce their appearance of commitment to free software.

According to Rosemary Feal, executive director of the MLA, it was instituted in the early days of the Republic in order "to improve the appearance of the text.

Certainly we should also make sure not to harass citizens or visitors who happen to have the wrong name or the wrong pattern of physical appearance, but identify threats on the basis of more relevant information.

This larger goal wouldn't be the imitation of education in Universities today, glossed over and concealed by grades and degrees that give the appearance of something happening when, in fact, almost nothing is going on.

Now about the zero contrast, I suppose what you really meant is that the lines are all equal thickness, which is something different than "contrast" because you're going to have appearance of heavier weight at the connections of the lines, which is why Helvetica and Arial actually have varying stroke widths, to give the appearance of uniform weight.

And even things that truly might be classified as inventive in light of prior art can be seen as being of very limited value in the broader swirl of rapid technological change within even a few years of the time they are given patent protection and hence giving every appearance of society's having given the inventor a 20-year windfall over what should instead have been incremental stuff worthy of 3-year protection at most.

Appearance definitions

noun

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

noun

the event of coming into sight

noun

formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action

See also: appearing

noun

a mental representation; "I tried to describe his appearance to the police"

noun

the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America"

noun

pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show"

See also: show