1 In general thickness, they all bore a seemly correspondence to their length.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 103. Measurement of The Whale's Skeleton. 2 "'Twould be more seemly in ye to stand still and welcome Mis'ess Yeobright, and you the venerablest here, Grandfer Cantle," said the besom-woman.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 3 The Custom of the Country 3 Seen thus, from the pure and frosty darkness in which he stood, it seemed to be seething in a mist of heat.
4 His son seemed likely to follow in his steps, and was meanwhile applying the same arts to the conquest of the Starkfield maidenhood.
5 To him, who was never gay but in her presence, her gaiety seemed plain proof of indifference.
6 Then a man's figure approached, coming so close to her that under their formless wrappings they seemed merged in one dim outline.
7 The girl seemed to waver, and Frome saw her twirl the end of her scarf irresolutely about her fingers.
8 Not for the world would he have made a sign to her, though it seemed to him that his life hung on her next gesture.
9 The iron heavens seemed to melt and rain down sweetness.
10 He forgot what else he had meant to say and pressed her against him so closely that he seemed to feel her warmth in his veins.
11 Zeena seemed to understand his case at a glance.
12 She seemed to possess by instinct all the household wisdom that his long apprenticeship had not instilled in him.
13 At other times her silence seemed deliberately assumed to conceal far-reaching intentions, mysterious conclusions drawn from suspicions and resentments impossible to guess.
14 It seemed unworthy of the girl that his thoughts of her should be so violent.
15 He used to think that fifty years sounded like a long time to live together, but now it seemed to him that they might pass in a flash.