Example Sentences

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If Putin backs down, that optimism will have seemed justified.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022

But a tortuous, five-set victory over Milos Raonic here on Friday night that pitches him into a fifth Australian Open final will have seemed the most worthwhile of professional sacrifices.

From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2016

But saying he'd put his wife's face on the 10-dollar bill - rather than famous women from American history - will have seemed odd to all but the most folksy folks out there.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2015

Bicycling magazine's Editor-in-Chief Peter Flax predicts that 10 years from now the decision to introduce bike sharing to New York City will have seemed obvious.

From Reuters • Jun. 24, 2013

The Parisian view, that the centre of gravity of the earth corresponded to the centre of the sphere of water, will have seemed at first sight like a viable option.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton