APPEAR in a Sentence

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420 example sentences for APPEAR, such as:

1. They appear willing to talk to us.
2. Talk of the evil, and he is sure to appear.
3. Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear.
4. Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
5. When he rang, after a time, she would appear at once.

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 Meanings and Examples of APPEAR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
appear
 v.  come into sight; become visible
 v.  perform publicly, as in a play, dance
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Neither did he appear to have pursued any course of reading which might fit him for a degree in science or any other recognized portal which would give him an entrance into the learned world.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  "You appear to be astonished," he said, smiling at my expression of surprise.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
3  So startling would his results appear to the uninitiated that until they learned the processes by which he had arrived at them they might well consider him as a necromancer.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
4  The more I thought of it the more extraordinary did my companion's hypothesis, that the man had been poisoned, appear.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
5  My dread is, however, that in your eyes and in the eyes of others he may appear to be compromised.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
6  WE had all been warned to appear before the magistrates upon the Thursday; but when the Thursday came there was no occasion for our testimony.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
7  Frequently he did not even appear on Sunday mornings, but issued his orders through one of the other pigs, usually Squealer.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
8  And when she mounted the soap box in the centre, representing perhaps a rock in the ocean, her size made her appear gigantic.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
9  The wind blew from the quarter where the day would soon appear, and still blew strongly.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII
10  After this fourth encounter, there was a considerable pause; nor did it appear that any one was very desirous of renewing the contest.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
11  Such is my certain doom, except I appear in arms against thy cause.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
12  If I appear," said Bois-Guilbert, "in the fatal lists, thou diest by a slow and cruel death, in pain such as they say is destined to the guilty hereafter.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
13  He had a grudge and a grievance: that was obvious to any true-born English gentleman, who would scorn to let such a thing appear blatant in his own demeanour.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
14  When he rang, after a time, she would appear at once.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
15  Luckily it began to appear at half past four or thereabouts.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Some foreign governments appear happy to gloss over continued human rights abuses.
17  Other directors appear happy that Lord Hollick has been squeezed out.
18  Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
19  Talk of the evil, and he is sure to appear.
20  Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear.
21  Norman's brain was reeling, but he did his best to appear calm.
22  In the event of the machine not operating correctly, an error code will appear.
23  The road of life is like a large river,because of the power of the currents,river courses appear unexpectedly where there is no flowing water.
24  When you see famous people at close quarters, they always appear much smaller than you imagined them.
25  Those days when we were together appear in my mind time after time,because they were so joyful, happy, blest, disappointing, sad and painful.
26  It is arguable that this was not as grave a handicap as it might appear.
27  They appear willing to talk to us.
28  Tonight's performance is positively the last time the band will appear together.
29  You will have it if it belongs to you,whereas you don't kveth for it if it doesn't appear in your life.
30  With rare exceptions, he does not appear in public now.