Used in a Sentence

seemed

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for seemed.

Editorial note

It's a shame, as this seemed to be one of the greatest promises of the brand beyond convenience.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of seemed gathered in one view.

verb

(copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for seemed.

verb

(copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.

Example sentences

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It's a shame, as this seemed to be one of the greatest promises of the brand beyond convenience.

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Soylent < 2.0 seemed to leverage the promise of easy shipping/portability, which > 2.0 seems to lose?

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To me it seemed to be like there was an age threshold at which people start to wear regular clothes.

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Holy Moly, they seemed to just have changed the player a few hours ago.

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I always had users who seemed to get value out of my services, and that kept me going.

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The article seemed to indicate the expected lifespan of this tree was around 200 years, despite it having lived nearly twice that long.

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Unfortunately, sooner or later, they all seemed to end up fighting the tide.

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I was not looking for parts that seemed unbiased, because you were looking for the biased parts.

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I remember first seeing google and it seemed so amazingly clean and fast compared to AltaVista.

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I've read the name a few times and people seemed to be happy with it, so I gave it a try.

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Other answers seemed to skirt around that without spelt it out.

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I remember watching my aunt play the original and it seemed fun, but Link to the Past was brilliant in my eyes.

Quote examples

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“It seemed that in their minds, the Internet did not exist; only Facebook,” he concluded.

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I went from working alone under a manager who seemed indifferent to my creative ideas and hard work, to working with a team under a manager who said "that's awesome" when I showed him my work.

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(obviously things had become a little bizarre on their end when we the interviewers felt we had to tell someone "stop talking" - which they ignored, and continued talking!) Or people who were great technically but seemed very angry and had their arms folded in front of their chest the entire interview, and made a kind of sarcastic grunt after each question.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use seemed in a sentence?

It's a shame, as this seemed to be one of the greatest promises of the brand beyond convenience.

What does seemed mean?

(copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.

What part of speech is seemed?

seemed is commonly used as verb.