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Example sentences for "what appeared"

  • All at once Nelson checked his pathetically slow progress, finding himself on the top of an eminence, looking down in what appeared to be a vastly deep natural amphitheater of snow and ice.

  • Gingerly he tested the nearest divan and marvelled at the curious softness of what appeared to be a gigantic tiger skin.

  • Nelson's incredulous eyes sought the muzzle of the gun and detected issuing from it what appeared to be a thin, white rod.

  • After wandering on for several miles, he at last struck on a path, and following it a short way, his attention was attracted to a glow of light, which rose just before him, on what appeared to be the surface of the moor.

  • Still he burst wildly onwards; he fancied he heard the noise of running water--he redoubled his now slackening speed, and in another instant came to the banks of what appeared a small river.

  • He, therefore, descended as fast as possible, and after one or two falls occasioned by his impatience and the darkness of the night, at last entered on what appeared to be a vast moor.

  • We found, however, the decayed remnants of what appeared to have been clothing, and an old axe.

  • When Jack and I dived in shallower water, we expected to have found sand and stones, instead of which we found ourselves in what appeared really to be an enchanted garden.

  • So what appeared to be a sudden Japanese loss of conviction regarding the U.

  • She stared down at what appeared to be some kind of calculator-watch, except there was no watch face, merely a small speaker and two buttons.

  • In such a moment as the present, where evidence of the opinions of the public was so contradictory, he would endeavor to do what appeared to be the broad and general interest.

  • What appeared to be apple, peach, cherry and hawthorn trees, all in full bloom, tossed their white and pink foam of flowers.

  • Their attire consisted of what appeared to be leather tights covering the legs, of a pale yellow tint with crimson metallic embroidery.

  • We had struck against the gigantic barrier of what appeared to be an immense continent of ice, for a range of ice-clad hills lay only a few miles north of the Polar King.

  • The back of the head, looking curiously like a monkish crown, flashed into a face, swathed in what appeared to be medical bandages, through which was to be seen a pair of eyes in which there was obvious terror.

  • It was followed a moment later by what appeared to be an avalanche descending the stairs.

  • The thought of the strange servants was certainly alarming; but then her cousins were in distress, and she could help them; and, overcoming her timidity, she set off on what appeared to her quite an expedition.

  • But Amy thought little about them, being entirely engrossed with the dread of dining for the first time at what appeared to her a regular party.

  • But there was nothing like envy at what appeared to me so much more desirable a lot: he looked, and indeed he was, perfectly contented; and a few days after, I was told by Miss Harwood that he was dead.

  • They saw him open a chest and take from it what appeared to be a quilt and throw it around him, and then, seating himself at the fire, continue the rubbing as before.

  • The catastrophe at Dillenback's ignited the gas in what appeared to have been the main strata.

  • It was formed of twenty slender shafts of white stone which in the moonlight looked translucent, and each column upheld a grotesque figure composed of what appeared to be silver.

  • The streets were laid out with the utmost precision, and composed of what appeared to be fine white sand, while at every intersection were monuments of grotesque figures or animals.

  • At nearly an equal distance on the left, the line of the beach was broken, by what appeared to be a small grove, or clump of trees, detached from the main forest, and planted directly on the line of the shore.

  • When there, however, his strength seemed to give way, and he sank down into the bottom of the boat in what appeared to be a fainting fit.

  • All my people are volunteers on what appeared a somewhat hazardous expedition, and are anxious to return to their families," replied Captain Gale.

  • We continued pulling on for half a mile or more, and caught sight of what appeared to be a channel between the reefs.

  • What appeared to be a gigantic golden coated cat had moved stealthily out upon the snow, and was gliding toward the upper cliffs.

  • Beyond them stretched the broad, low roof of what appeared to be a vast greenhouse.

  • Only the soft pat-pat of their footfalls on the floor of what appeared to be a narrow runway broke the tomb-like silence of the place.

  • In the ornamentation of the buildings there was considerable color and a great deal of what appeared to be gold leaf.

  • He pointed at the entrance to what appeared to be a cave at the far end of the gulch.

  • Peeling about, he discovered that he was in a narrow corridor which he followed cautiously for a few yards to be brought up suddenly by what appeared to be a ladder across the passageway.

  • Presently he espied the low and narrow entrance to what appeared to be a cave at the base of the cliffs which formed the northern side of the gorge.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "what appeared" 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:
    means easy; time would; uniform motion; what amount; what applies; what can; what course; what direction; what estate; what happened; what has been said; what has gone before; what made; what manner; what news; what pleaseth; what signifies; what thing; what used; what was going forward; what while; whatever comes; whatever else; whatever may; whatever rank; worthy father