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Example sentences for "appear"

Lexicographically close words:
appeale; appealed; appealing; appealingly; appeals; appearance; appearances; appeard; appeare; appeared
  1. Johnson's biographers appear to have been aware that the prospectus of Cibber's Lives was furnished by Johnson.

  2. Its meaning does not appear to be very definite.

  3. Eustace's title, and the date and place, as they appear on the document.

  4. Only kneeling before each of us can you receive the separate articles of your dress, so that you may again appear as a civilized European.

  5. The poor girl felt quite unhappy at having to appear in this manner.

  6. I should appear a stranger there; and when one has reached my age, nature cannot satisfy--one must have people!

  7. Otto was so handsome, so clever--she did not dream at all how handsome and clever she herself would appear at home.

  8. The time began to appear long to them, and yet no sign was seen of that which they expected.

  9. It is with them like the boy who forces himself to smoke tobacco so as to appear older than he really is.

  10. The Danish ladies, for instance, appear the prettiest, the most modest whom I have known.

  11. The same actors who to-day appear in tragedy, must to-morrow show themselves in a comedy or vaudeville.

  12. The high Alps appear to me the folded wings of the earth: how if she should raise them!

  13. She called it "making faces," and besought him to appear so on the day of her funeral.

  14. The west coast of Jutland may also appear very barren in comparison with these countries!

  15. Travelling and two years had made Wilhelm appear somewhat older; there was a shadow of sadness in his otherwise open and life-rejoicing countenance.

  16. This is most noticeable when the sun and clouds are near the horizon for the air through which they appear is nearer the earth and consequently dirtier.

  17. If the wind shifts only so far as the south the rise will be highest of all and blue sky will often appear between the showers, showing that the air is heated to a considerable height.

  18. The cirrus cloud is always the first to appear in the series that leads up to the storm.

  19. Lightning does not appear from the cirrus, but after the sky has grown pretty dark a ridge or tumbled cloud will be seen low on the western horizon.

  20. When sun-dogs appear about the sun, denoting ice-particles in the air.

  21. In winter raindrops are smaller and the tendency of the clouds is to appear a dull, uniform gray at all times.

  22. Cheapness, accuracy, and a certain modesty are the three qualities that distinguish the out-givings of the Bureau from the old-fashioned predictions of the weather which used to appear in almanacs.

  23. The vertical heating arrangements of the atmosphere appear somewhat irregular.

  24. If they appear to be moving toward the region of greatest cloudiness it is not a sign of precipitation.

  25. They should appear as little cottony puffs about ten or eleven in the morning, increase slowly in size, rear their dazzling heads and then start to melt about four in the afternoon.

  26. Seams appear in the clouds, snow will cease and rain probably.

  27. The good old times when there was a general debauch of snow and you could skate all winter on anything but the Atlantic Ocean certainly appear no more.

  28. Another pledge of a clear day that does not appear too credible on the face of it is the morning fog in summer.

  29. Warren Cirrus clouds first appear as feathery lines converging toward one or two points on the horizon, often merging into bands of darker clouds, arranged horizontally.

  30. Patches of blue sky appear through the rifts in the clouds, wind north.

  31. One lily-white bud and one full-blown flower appear on a low branch overhanging the river, and are marked to be gathered when we return.

  32. At the North, the process of making a new place appear neat and inviting is very rapid.

  33. The ground all through our grove is a dense mat or sponge of fine yellow roots, which appear like a network on the least displacing of the sand.

  34. Though as I speak Syrian perfectly, and Hebrew fairly, it seems better for me not to appear to be English, hence my Syrian costume.

  35. There were many, in London especially, who wondered that Apleon did not appear and refute this man's claims, if they had no foundation.

  36. The term 'Sons of God' does not appear to have any other meaning in the Old Testament, than that of angels.

  37. Simultaneous with this work, there has just appeared in Jerusalem, two remarkable men, who would appear to be Enoch and Elijah of old.

  38. He had made stand by the butte, but with only half of his warriors--distributed in such a manner as to appear like the whole band.

  39. The incident may appear of trifling importance; but not so to Marian, who stands near, watching every movement, and listening to every word.

  40. Even Holt himself has not yet been made aware of the change: as would appear from a certain air of astonishment, with which at first sight he regards the clerical habiliments of his visitor.

  41. The latter abandon their horses, and appear to be advancing on foot.

  42. The eyes do not squint; and the thin lips appear making a constant effort to look smiling and saint-like.

  43. An arch smile accompanies this half-interrogatory; but, for all that, the words do not appear to produce a pleasant effect.

  44. From far beneath, they appear to rise--as if from the bowels of the earth, sinking and swelling in prolonged chorus.

  45. Her curiosity, however, did not appear to be very excitable.

  46. Above this appear the dark naked prisms--piled one upon the other, in a sort of irregular crystallisation, and ending in a summit slightly truncated.

  47. Her canine companion did not appear to be quite sure of the fact: for he continued to spring repeatedly upon the carcass with open mouth, as if eager to devour it.

  48. So Felix stood there, waiting, and holding his gun in his hands, wondering what he might be expected to do should the grizzly appear unexpectedly from some other quarter, heading toward his den.

  49. The other saw him gradually raise his head, and appear to take a peep over the rocks.

  50. The stings of thousands of the little insects do not appear to bother Bruin a particle; perhaps he is immune to the poison they inject; or else most of them fail to reach his skin, on account of the thick hair.

  51. To his surprise, and also a little to his chagrin, the tempting place did not appear to harbor any sort of game whatever.

  52. Ezra Green, which I am quite sure he never suspected would appear in print before the public eye.

  53. The inhabitants began to appear in thousands, and individuals ran hastily towards us.

  54. To appear in some Western town, with no Emperor to back him up, and to urge against Athanasius, in the presence of the Pope, charges which he knew to be false, was a program which did not appeal to him at all.

  55. It was by magic, they declared, that Athanasius had caused the dead man to appear in their midst.

  56. Summoning the doomed men to appear before him, Modestus informed them that the Emperor had sentenced them to banishment.

  57. Let him be forced to appear alone before his accusers, and the Emperor would soon find out the truth.

  58. Finally she gently excused herself for a moment, and hurried up to Leslie's room, where she found a very damp and tearful Leslie attempting to appear wonderfully calm.

  59. In all the other species the horns ought to appear later in life, which would lead to their development in that sex alone, in which they first appeared in the progenitor of the whole Family.

  60. We should bear in mind that these colours do not appear in the male at birth, but only at or near maturity; and that unlike ordinary variations, they are lost if the male be emasculated.

  61. They admire long hair, and use artificial means to make it appear abundant; they admire also a beard, though themselves very scantily provided.

  62. Europeans with light hair and florid complexions suffer less from diseases of tropical countries than persons with dark hair and sallow complexions; and, so far as I know, there appear to be good grounds for this remark.

  63. It is possible that the roaring of the lion may be of some service to him by striking terror into his adversary; for when enraged he likewise erects his mane and thus instinctively tries to make himself appear as terrible as possible.

  64. When both sexes are brilliantly coloured and resemble each other, the characters acquired by the males appear to have been transmitted to both.

  65. Nevertheless, in the few cases in which the proportional numbers have been actually observed, the males appear to be largely in excess.

  66. This is actually the case with a few species; but he mentions several species in six genera, in which the females appear to be much more numerous than the males.

  67. Throughout the great American continent the men may be said to be beardless; but in almost all the tribes a few short hairs are apt to appear on the face, especially in old age.

  68. In other cases, again, both sexes have been coloured alike for the sake of protection; but in no instance does it appear that the female alone has had her colours or other characters specially modified for this latter purpose.

  69. Modesty at Confession is as unseasonable as in Bed, and your Mind should appear as naked to your Confessor, as your Person to your Husband.

  70. I hope he won't appear in any horrible Shape.

  71. As the sun was about to appear above the tree-tops, the steersman headed the canoe for the shore.

  72. I sometimes imagine he is prowling around here and will appear at any minute.

  73. So funny did they appear that Jean was compelled to laugh outright.

  74. And as she looked and waited, something did appear suddenly before her.

  75. It fitted him perfectly, making him appear taller and nobler than ever.

  76. These magicians also represent animals as moving, which are not in reality animals, but merely appear {8} to the imagination to be such.

  77. For the truth is, they have not changed the objects of their worship, but only appear to have done so.

  78. But let your actions appear excellent and praiseworthy to all men.

  79. For thus you will appear to venerate the supreme God in a greater degree *, if you also celebrate these powers: for piety when it passes through all things becomes more perfect.

  80. I shall, indeed, appear to many to undertake a matter full of danger in pleading with you for the temples, that they may suffer no injury, as they now do.

  81. Madam, I vill equip him vid de fashionable habit, dat he need not shame to appear in de royal presence.

  82. Oui, I have appear in many character, but Londres vas my grand theatre--Ah!

  83. It might appear then that the best results would come from the provision, say, of five types of schools providing respectively for the 2 per cent, of greatest natural cleverness, the succeeding 10 per cent.

  84. A poet broods with intense creative effort on the images which appear in his mind and arranges them, not in order to discover truth, but in order to attain an artistic and dramatic end.

  85. Throughout the chapters one has the feeling--which any one who has had to make less important political decisions can parallel from his own experience--that Gladstone was waiting for indications of a solution to appear in his mind.

  86. From these experiments it would appear that, assuming a speed of 21 ft.

  87. The moths appear in two or three weeks, soon lay their eggs and then die.

  88. Let them make appear at eye that the things whereof they make such ado have taken so long and large increase.

  89. Then let them bring forth somewhat now, if they can, that it may appear they have at least read or do know somewhat.

  90. The census of 1824, therefore, will, I should think, appear erroneous.

  91. It may appear strange that the president, who has the selection of the members who occupy seats in the senate, should appoint men thus incapable and uneducated to become his council and advisers.

  92. During imprisonment, the labourer being absent from field work forfeits his wages; the pregnant women also appear to receive no wages during their exemption.

  93. Both these parties united in their resolution to oppose the tyrant, whom they equally detested, should he appear before Santo Domingo.

  94. The decrees against the people of colour, as they appear on the records of the colony, are extremely harsh and impolitic, and a relaxation, if not a repeal of them, would have been only an act of justice.

  95. The female congregations which frequent the churches in Hayti appear better prepared for an opera, or some other public amusement, than for the sacred duties of offering up their prayers in adoration of the Deity.

  96. He is fond of parade and exterior ornaments, as is the custom of the country, but he does not display his propensities for them, except in compelling those of his staff and household to appear in all their embellishments.

  97. There appear to be two serious objections to the idea of your correspondent W.

  98. Francis Lord Dacre was one of the noble twelve who had the courage to appear in their places in the House of Lords and reject the ordinance for the trial of Charles I.

  99. It did not appear that the horses had been equally successful.

  100. There did not appear any great marks of flood; none was seen exceeding five feet in height, which led us to conclude its source was not very distant.

  101. The abundance of white cockatoos and crows, which is constantly about the banks of the river, is astonishing; the other smaller birds appear to be also common to the east coast.

  102. It would perhaps appear presumptuous in me to hazard an opinion upon the merits of persons engaged in a pursuit in which I have little knowledge; the extensive and valuable collection of plants found by Mr. A.

  103. It is true this port is marked as a bar harbour; but I knew that it had never been examined, and I was aware how possible it was for a harbour to appear closed by a reef from a ship sailing at a distance along the coast.

  104. The natives appear numerous in these regions of apparent desolation: we fell in with several parties in the course of the day, in the whole probably not less than forty, and many fires were seen to the north.

  105. I trust your excellency will have the goodness to correct any omissions or inaccuracies that may appear in this letter: the messenger setting out immediately will not allow me to revise or correct it.

  106. The water did not appear to have either risen or fallen during the day; but all the trees which would have best answered our purposes were now several feet in the water.

  107. Immense numbers, especially of the smaller birds, are born each year, yet they do not appear to increase the general stock of the species.

  108. Sometimes the mourner would appear to lose, instead of gaining ground, and would own with depression, and even with shame, her fear that she was becoming more and more the sport of ungovernable feeling.

  109. They appear to take as little note of one another, as any two people, inclosed within the same walls, could.

  110. Not to the Coroner, though it might appear so.

  111. This the merchant thought would appear to the Chinese rather a high figure; but he was mistaken.

  112. If now there existed any concavity in any part of this surface, the line would show it by the distance which would there appear between the line itself and its reflection in the metal.

  113. Mr. Tulkinghorn does not appear to have seen it before, though he is standing so close to it, and though there is very little else, Heaven knows.

  114. The moral aspects of his character appear in this memoir in an admirable light.

  115. You appear to have got the idea that you are sacrificing yourself for me.

  116. During the short interval when she was conscious she did not appear to be other than normal, but that, I fear, is not conclusive evidence.

  117. But, madame, permit me to suggest that you do not appear to be a prisoner.

  118. You appear to overlook the fact that all is being done for your husband that can be done.

  119. If anyone came, she must do her utmost to appear unconscious, and trust to the sheltering gloom to aid her in the deception.

  120. Had he done it in order that later the eye-witnesses could recall every detail and make it appear like a purely accidental seizure?

  121. To the casual eye it would appear that the first of these three could have no possible connection with the other two, any more than a bird of paradise would have with a pair of rooks.

  122. She could not, of course, be supposed to be wildly in love with him, but she undoubtedly did appear to be fond of him, even though her feeling might be that of a daughter for a father.

  123. You know of my unfortunate affliction in having to appear or disappear whenever my fairy great-great-great-grandmother wishes.

  124. For a few minutes everybody waited patiently for him to appear again, and clapped and stamped in great good humour.

  125. I happened to appear at their Majesties' dinner-table one evening when they were dining alone, just as dinner was being served.

  126. And I explained as well as I was able the curious affliction from which I suffer, of having to appear and disappear at the fairies' pleasure.

  127. Was he pretending to be drunk, or only trying to appear sober?

  128. Sometimes he would appear on deck in the middle of the night, looking very grotesque and bandy-legged in his sleeping suit.

  129. He was really awed by it, and he was simple enough to let it appear in his speeches.

  130. And sometimes the folly of Captain Johns would appear clothed in a sort of weird utilitarianism.

  131. It does not appear that this custom was general, but it is not at all surprising to find that such a practice has existed in this country; since it has been frequent among the uncivilized nations on the eastern continent.

  132. The silly language called baby talk, in which most persons are initiated in infancy, often breaks out in discourse, at the age of forty, and makes a man appear very ridiculous.

  133. This will not appear improbable to those who know, that in some of the Saxon dialects, the character which we write th is almost invariably written and pronounced d.

  134. I am however informed verbally by a gentleman who has visited England, that some of these tumuli appear to have been nearly one hundred feet high.

  135. However disagreeable the restraints of their religion may appear in other respects, it must be acknowledged that, in point of dress, the rules of their society conform to purity of taste.

  136. But the arguments in favor of the latter, appear to me decisive.

  137. The best account of these cemetaries may be found in Mr. Jefferson's Notes on Virginia, which will appear the most satisfactory to the reader in his own words.

  138. Many of the acts of the American Legislatures, respecting money and commerce, will, to future generations, appear incredible.

  139. A gentleman or lady in London must not appear in public twice in the same suit.


  140. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "appear" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    act; appear; approach; arise; arrive; attend; break; breed; chance; come; dawn; debut; develop; emerge; enter; erupt; face; feel; figure; form; glare; issue; light; look; loom; make; manifest; materialize; occur; out; outcrop; pantomime; patter; peer; perform; play; register; report; rise; scene; see; seem; show; sketch; sound; spring; star; stream; surface; transpire; troupe; turn; visit; watch; witness


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    appear before; appeared before; appeared much; appeared that; appeared unto; appears also; appears from; appears from the following; appears that