It's no secret that cramped quarters on planes are becoming even tighter, making any semblance of personal space a thing of the past.
But in the sense that Rosberg halted Lewis Hamilton's runaway momentum and turned what was in danger of becoming a walkover into at least the semblance of a contest.
So far, Droog has rigorously avoided any semblance of a house style, while becoming famous for an attitude that seems to say, "Designers just want to have fun".
For Jughead, his struggle is to find some semblance of a stable family life, even becoming willfully homeless to avoid watching his father's compulsive drinking.
Tibetan nuns probably don't think a lot about hair extensions and Botox, which doesn't say a lot about my chances of becoming a Tibetan nun, or reaching nirvana, or even a semblance of serenity.
Beneath the illusory semblance of normality, people know that the settlements are steadily becoming irreversible.
The world No1 will take the rest of this week off to prepare for next week's Masters, leaving rivals like Phil Mickelson, who saw his chance of becoming world No1 disappear with Woods' victory on Sunday, and Padraig Harrington, who showed a semblance of form in finishing in a tie for 11th at Bay Hill, to hone their games at the PGA event in Houston, starting on Thursday.
Darth Vader was promised -- by the evil Emperor -- some semblance of ability to control and defy death, but apparently learned the final secret of becoming a Force ghost.
After engulfing himself - losing his identity in the storm and becoming one with it - he retreats to a shelter under some boughs, and begins to feel a semblance of peace.
For some, though, any semblance of security has become elusive.
