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Discover LudwigThe phrase "had not seemed" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a past perfect tense construction that refers to an action or state that had not occurred or appeared at a specific point in the past. Example: He had always been so confident, but today, he had not seemed like himself at all.
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Mohamed Bah had not seemed himself lately.
Holloway had not seemed the most obvious candidate.
Hunched over the chessboard, Zaka had not seemed himself.
And one person, he said, had not seemed serious, appearing more interested in tattoos and skateboarding.
It had not seemed like a long time, and Lilli, to Max's surprise, had agreed.
She said Galliano had not seemed drunk but was acting weirdly.
The hospital said Mr. Constantinescu had not seemed an emergency case.
For a while, Armageddon had not seemed out of the question.
Carter had not seemed himself after missing two weeks late in the season with a broken foot.
Teammates said Bosh had not seemed overly concerned about the team's Wednesday night flight to New York.
The posthumous world premiere of his Requiem Fragments (2013) had not seemed likely to yield anything new.
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