How do you use Seemed in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Seemed meaning
simple past and past participle of seem
Using Seemed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of seem
- In the example corpus, seemed often appears in combinations such as: seemed to, it seemed, seemed like.
Context around Seemed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Seemed
- In this selection, "seemed" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, president, things, izuku, likely, familiar and strange stand out and add context to how "seemed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all replies seemed geared towards and and he seemed to be. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "seemed" sits close to words such as insurance, presented and types, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with seemed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Writing out his name seemed familiar, but asking us why in the class seemed strange. (15 words)
But the meeting seemed just as emotional for Carter, who seemed moved to tears when he met Mattie. (18 words)
Now the series that seemed likely – and at one point seemed like a normal occurrence for baseball – is set. (19 words)
There seemed to be many mishaps, such as the backfire of using 100% of the power, resulting in bruised and broken bones, and even how often Izuku seemed to bring a lot of trouble unintentionally, simply via being the 9th holder of the Quirk. (44 words)
The character seemed to be the best fit for the audience where the British badass seemed to present one of the coolest ideas by using oil to create a slip and slide and beating the pulp out of a room full of thugs. (43 words)
The rest just seemed like a slog to get through, and I was quite disappointed with the editing that seemed to give a clear indication of who was being voted out every single week. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Body language expert Judi James told the the King and the President seemed like "old pals" although at first things seemed a little confusing for them.
It just seemed very handheld and very easy to shoot, and the lighting just seemed like they just threw on the lights in an office and filmed it," Day said.
There seemed to be many mishaps, such as the backfire of using 100% of the power, resulting in bruised and broken bones, and even how often Izuku seemed to bring a lot of trouble unintentionally, simply via being the 9th holder of the Quirk.
Now the series that seemed likely – and at one point seemed like a normal occurrence for baseball – is set.
The little shark seemed to be white all over and the layer of white seemed to be flaking off.
The rest just seemed like a slog to get through, and I was quite disappointed with the editing that seemed to give a clear indication of who was being voted out every single week.
Writing out his name seemed familiar, but asking us why in the class seemed strange.
But also, everyone in those segments seemed to be happy to be around him, and he seemed to be having a relatively good, light-hearted time in the presence of actual human Americans.
He recalled instances where people who seemed intoxicated were hassling passengers and wondered why MTS officers seemed to be prioritizing fare checks over safety patrols.
The character seemed to be the best fit for the audience where the British badass seemed to present one of the coolest ideas by using oil to create a slip and slide and beating the pulp out of a room full of thugs.
According to Mr Garoni, the Briton had seemed ‘quiet’ and perhaps ‘tired’ when he arrived but had not seemed on the brink of death.
Any team taking Bagley second overall seemed like a stretch to many, but the Kings doing it just seemed fitting, and so much worse.
A troubled girl with a dysfunctional home life, Norman seemed infatuated with Cody, but this is a storyline that seemed to ultimately just fizzle out with little explanation.
Because recent opinion polls seemed to show that the less effort he was seen to make, the more the public seemed to like him.
Not all replies seemed geared towards mentioning the hand, but there was no denying that a hefty chunk of Sierra’s fans seemed focused on solving the mystery — or at least commenting on it.
Sure, there were questions about JT’s gender, who they were under that obviously fake wig, and whether all was what it seemed, but nobody seemed to care.
Álvarez seemed to take control of the fight in the middle rounds, using sharp punches to batter Golovkin, who seemed to slow down from his pace earlier in the fight.
But the meeting seemed just as emotional for Carter, who seemed moved to tears when he met Mattie.
If they seemed wary at first – especially when shunted into his missing daughters’ eerily preserved bedroom – Henrik seemed to win them over with his spag bol.
I've said it before: the Offspring seemed unique to me in that their music seemed more critical of their contemporaries.
Common combinations with seemed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- seemed to 102×
- it seemed 31×
- seemed like 27×
- he seemed 9×
- that seemed 8×
- who seemed 7×
- what seemed 6×
- just seemed 5×
- seemed that 5×
- there seemed 4×