Seems

All your tenderness then seems to be cruelty now: only _seems_, dearest, for I still say, I _do_ say that it is not so. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

April 13, 2008 at 6:11 pm reserbations – check accomydations – check packed – bedder getonit passport – aim shur seems tew be in order yew leabs awn April 27th – check yr return date……..seems to be missin oh an teh earplugs fr the MIL ai suggesht dat yew dubbl cheks yr soooootcases be4 yew leabs mite hab an unespekted Mamakitty in der! ❋ Unknown (2008)

The long light wearies the eye, a sense of time disturbs and saddens the spirit; and that is the reason, I think, that one half of the year seems so much longer than the other half; that on the dial-plate whose hours are months, the restless finger _seems_ to move more slowly when travelling upward from autumn leaves and snow to light, than when it is travelling downward from light to snow and withered leaves. ❋ Alexander Smith (1848)

But it seems to me -- it _seems_ that I would gladly make the sacrifice. " ❋ Various (1915)

"The warmth of surface which seems to be imparted by alcohol, only _seems_ to be imparted. ❋ Martha Meir Allen (1890)

The only people who use that term, unfortunately, are Aztlanistas of all ethnicities, while the n-word term has become part of mainstream culture it's first appearance in the mainstream media, by the way, dates back to a 1987 St. Petersburg Time article, while the term seems to date back to PC pendejos in charge of HR relations for the government during the early 1980s. ❋ Gustavo Arellano (2011)

The label seems to have stuck for Cylart, however, since later engravings and ballads all make him out to be a greyhound. ❋ STANLEY COREN (2002)

But in the last few years the term seems to have become slightly less popular, possibly as a consequence of political correctness in the US. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If the term seems dismissive, it's because striptease has always been female-centric, but not female-controlled, so it's payback time. ❋ PAULA CITRON (2011)

"Everyone at the label seems really excited about the band," he said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But the semantic nature of the word seems so apt... ❋ Jamie Sughroue (2011)

Mr. Witherell offers little in the way of new information or insight, and his book runs to more than 550 pages—even the title seems unable to help itself from needlessly running on. ❋ Wayne Curtis (2011)

Youngs is learning to live with being heavily marked and the word seems to be out that he is finding the curve steep. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The phrase seems to tweak a popular line in a 17th-century play by Thomas Otway. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But when we are at war, this sort of broadening of the scope of the term seems to shrink back considerably, so as not to cheapen the word when we have soldiers in the field. ❋ Chris Weigant (2011)

A Widow's Story is called a memoir, but the word seems too slight for the grandeur of what Joyce Carol Oates does in this work of startling intimacy, humanity, humility, and wisdom -- "Wisdom one might do without," she says, "if wisdom springs from terrible loss." ❋ Elizabeth Benedict (2011)