Example Sentences

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Sunil Gavaskar says there’s a fair bit of grass on the surface, “which means the ball will seam after pitching”, and that it should also swing in the air.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2021

The Orioles’ fate will seam to soar or sink.

From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2012

True—time will seam and blanch my brow— Well—I shall sit with aged men, And my good glass will tell me how A grizzly beard becomes me then.

From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry

True—time will seam and blanch my brow—     Well—I shall sit with aged men, And my good glass will tell me how     A grizzly beard becomes me then.

From Poems by Bryant, William Cullen