How to Use appear in a Sentence
appear
verb- One by one, the stars appeared in the sky.
- The airplanes seemed to appear out of nowhere.
- One of the guests appeared a few minutes late.
- The sun began to appear from behind the clouds.
- The cat appears at our kitchen door every morning.
- She appears a nice enough person.
- He appeared a little before eight last night.
- The storm disappeared as suddenly as it had appeared.
- Winning the election appears unlikely at this point.
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But backers of the amendment don't appear, for now, to be open to making those changes.
— Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2023 -
The scheduled vote over whether to subpoena him was called off after Schultz agreed to appear.
— Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2023 -
The pandemic does appear to have shaken loose some older and longer-serving workers.
— Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023 -
The other man does not appear to have injuries that are life-threatening, according to police.
— Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2023 -
Police said their deaths do not appear to be suspicious, according to The Guardian.
— Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2023 -
But with his new veneer of legality, Blackbeard appeared to settle down.
— Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024 -
However, the best picking time and prettiest blossoms appear in the middle of April.
— Janece Maze, Country Living, 6 Mar. 2023 -
Members of the first team squad appear back at the training facilities in drips and drabs, some nursing jet lag from globetrotting flights around the world.
— Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024 -
Many of the symptoms of these conditions first start to appear in childhood—even in infants—but others don’t present themselves until well into adulthood.
— Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, 6 Mar. 2023 -
Both tracks appear on Lil Nas’ forthcoming second studio album Dreamboy, which Nas began teasing in earnest over the last week.
— Stephen Daw, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2024 -
About 58% of respondents skipped applying to an appealing job because the target company did not appear inclusive and diverse.
— Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2023 -
Fuentes then grabs the phone, takes it inside the house and appears to lock the door, and the video ends.
— Bruna Horvath, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024 -
And in fact, such a couple appeared on the show in 1979.
— Carmel Dagan, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024 -
Eclipses appear as ill omens in Shakespeare and, of course, the Bible.
— John Penner, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024 -
The remark appears at the 22:49 minute moment of the video recording.
— Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023 -
The pot appears to be durable and would last many seasons.
— Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023 -
But even in the Black Caucus, a few cracks have appeared.
— Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024 -
The Lakers have the No. 55 pick in the draft (near the end of the second round), and that appears to be Bronny’s floor.
— Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 27 June 2024 -
That's a reprise of a standalone Tate bill that appears to be stalled, at least for now, in the House.
— Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 26 Mar. 2024 -
At first, the video shows two glowing eyes on what appears to be a toad.
— Gina Martinez, CBS News, 11 May 2023 -
None of this appears to have harmed the careers of those involved.
— Alexander Smith, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2023
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