Sentence examples for appear to be seized from inspiring English sources

Here was an early instance of a puzzling phenomenon: when hip-hop and R&B artists turn their attentions to rock music, they appear to be seized by a madness that destroys their sense of good taste.

As a result, markets often appear to be seized by uncertainty, anxiety and angst.

In 1997, America appeared to be seized suddenly by a fear of volcanoes erupting on the West Coast, for Hollywood issued two such explosion fests with "Dante's Peak" and "Volcano".

But in the last two weeks, events have brought the mayor's personal style into sharp relief as he has confronted the deaths of two black New Yorkers at the hands of police, wrestled with an increasingly hostile work force and faced down at least one potential Democratic rival who appears to be seizing on his weakness in the polls.

Mr Morsi appears to be seizing on that failure - which shocked the public - to take his decisive political action.

If these benefits are to be realized, China must now follow through on the new global leadership course it appears to be seizing through its domestic ivory policy.

GOP leadership appears to be seizing on the overwhelming consensus among Republicans that they want to replace Obamacare while ignoring the disagreement over what to replace it with.

They make for good B-roll, but if they are all that was seized, these arms appear to be far too few to corroborate the claim that all 175 victims were fighters.

There doesn't appear to be the political will to seize upon a rebirth of America's old cities and invest in the "new urbanism".

The days of an elite corps of plainclothes officers roaming the city to prevent crime and seize guns appear to be over.

While it does not appear to be common for police to try and seize journalists' notes and materials, it's not unprecedented.