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Example sentences for "seems that"

  • And now my folly has undone all, and it seems that I must be a god for many months, if, indeed, they do not find me out.

  • It seems that you, who can read all hearts, have read mine aright, or perchance you fashioned it as you would have it be.

  • I think that it will, Shepherdess," answered Soa, "for it seems that we have a way by which we can win you to speak those words which Olfan desires to hear.

  • It seems that no less than eighteen villeins of the Manor of Cossey were named in a mandate to the Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, who were to be taken and reduced to villeinage, and their goods seized.

  • To me it seems that to dismiss even the wildest and foolishest opinion which makes way, as if it were a mere absurdity that does not deserve notice, is to show a certain flippancy and shallowness.

  • The summer of 1348 had come, and it seems that at Avignon the plague had by this time spent itself, people were no longer afraid to go there now, and the Pope would peradventure come out of his seclusion and receive an embassy.

  • It seems that I am not sufficiently literary.

  • I don't remember any outward signs, but it seems that, about a month before, my mother became so unwell that there was a doubt whether she could be made fit to travel in the time.

  • To me, as an outer barbarian, it seems that some of the language on these subjects is already pretty high pitched.

  • It is needless to say that he did not become a master of scientific jurisprudence, but it seems that he did become an effective Western advocate.

  • It seems that in the case of the Highlands, as in that of Ireland, Teutonic adventurers found their way into the domain of the Celts and became chieftains, but in becoming chieftains they became Celts.

  • But it seems that at this moment the soundest and even the most strictly commercial policy would counsel liberality in providing for the National Schools of Art and Science.

  • It seems that formerly, as now, a more extreme climate and a more abundant supply of ice prevailed on the western side of the Atlantic.

  • It seems that, when the ancient lake of the Limagne first began to be filled with sediment, no volcanic action had yet produced lava and scoriae on any part of the surface of Auvergne.

  • So it seems that it is all true; it seems that you are using your wealth to harass this unfortunate gentleman and his daughter until you drive them into consenting to this marriage.

  • But now it seems that Mr. Cossey has played us false, and that we are to be ruined after all.

  • It seems that we have both reached the same goal, but by different roads.

  • Well," I replied, "it seems that it is I who have brought you the help, and not Pereira.

  • Well, it seems that it was you who wanted the help, after all.

  • It seems that on a certain Sunday, a day that I always spent at home with my father, Monsieur Leblanc rode out alone to some hills about five miles distant from Maraisfontein.

  • Yet I will try, for it is impossible to leave that poor Hernan to die alone; and if I do not go to seek him, it seems that no one else will.

  • However, it seems that when he came to his senses again he bitterly repented of this exploit, and was quite ill from grief, regarding his conduct as that of a veritable madman, as is clear from his own words.

  • And now it seems that my services are to go for nothing; I, the preserver of the constitution, am to forgo the recompense prescribed by its laws.

  • To me it seems that only to have raised this question, only to have halted between acceptance and rejection, is in itself an offence against Heaven; nay, a glaring impiety.

  • For the more I have read his qualities in our household intimacy, the more it seems that I could scarcely have justified the imposing on England a king not worthy of so great a people.

  • And the worst of alchemy is, that it always allures on its victims: one gets so near and so near the object,--it seems that so small an addition will complete the sum!

  • If I fail thee, O King, then I fail myself, for it seems that my life hangs on this matter.

  • Now it seems that there is a way, and I am glad.

  • It seems that he had stolen the rat trap from the oat bin, and had set it up in the wood lot, and yesterday morning was so fortunate as to catch a fine big skunk.

  • It seems that the "rich city feller" whose estate he has been managing no longer needs his services; and Sterry has graciously consented to return to us and let the children have gardens if they wish.

  • It seems that feeblemindedness is a very hereditary quality, and science isn't able to overcome it.

  • It seems that Sandy, in his moments of relaxation, is a fisherman.

  • It seems that Lionel's father knew him also, and thoughtlessly involved him in his own pecuniary difficulties.

  • How lofty and massive, among all those rows of human heads, seems that forehead, bending slightly down, with the dark strong line of the weighty eyebrow!

  • I don't remember any outward signs; but it seems that, about a month before, my mother became so unwell that there was a doubt whether she could be made fit to travel in the time.

  • I was sure I had found the right man when I saw that old chap crossing the yard, but it seems that I was mistaken.

  • It seems that one of them must have fired at you, since there was a slight wound where you just put your hand, that was doubtless made by a bullet.

  • It seems that I have saved your life only to give you a chance to dog me to doom.

  • I had no assistance, but it seems that a pair of burglars had broken out by filing off the grating to one of the corridor windows, and the opening had not been repaired when I was taken to the jail.

  • It seems that in some local quarrel at Cervia certain Venetian sailors had been killed and Dante went on Guide's behalf to clear the matter up.

  • It seems that in 1520 the Franciscans entered the mausoleum, abstracted the body, and hid it to save it for Ravenna.

  • But it isn't all; it seems that fishing up the captain has reminded them that I had a good character, and they have just told me that I am promoted to be a sailor of the first class!

  • It seems that that is a treasure which there is no want of here," I observed.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "seems that" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    and departed; but such; carrying the; curry powder; cut the; eyes opened; fatty matter; result from; right guard; seems also; seems best; seems clear; seems desirable; seems evident; seems good; seems impossible; seems like; seems never; seems proper; seems rather; seems strange; seems that; seems very; stirring often; take over; waiting for