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And then afterward, when you go to tell about it, there is always that surreal seemingness, which makes the story seem untrue, but which in fact represents the hard and exact truth as it seemed.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

Is it not enough to suppose degrees of seemingness, and as it were lighter and darker shades and tones of semblance—different valeurs, as the painters say?

From Beyond Good and Evil by Zimmern, Helen

And without this pre-engagement, I feel I should naturally have chosen a side opposite to ——, for in the silken seemingness of his nature there is that which offends me.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary

"It's her energy, her seemingness of being on tip toe with rising vitality."

From On the Makaloa Mat by London, Jack