Sentence examples similar to affect the semblance of from inspiring English sources

Painting (citrābhāsa, literally "the semblance of sculpture") ranks third.

Verisimilitude, the semblance of reality in dramatic or nondramatic fiction.

By the mid-1970s, Maritime Command had reorganized into the semblance of a naval staff.

Absent even the semblance of a public transport system, the motorcycle-taxis were vital.

This requires leaders representing differing philosophies to stand, so that we have the semblance of choice.

Indeed, Laos has not even the semblance of an opposition and certainly no free press.

He also needs respectable politicians to give his new interim government the semblance of legitimacy.

But the semblance of unity held, just about.

The only way to break through the semblance of total identity is immanently, using the concept.

"We've got the semblance of a very good working relationship," he said.

The dictionary describes such a creature as "mute and listless" with only "the semblance of life".