Sentence examples for maintain some semblance of from inspiring English sources

"Do they want anything said or just to maintain some semblance of normalcy in the school day?

With her cousin Hector, Elena is trying to maintain some semblance of order and is failing miserably.

So maybe we need these prisspots, to maintain some semblance of an obscenity's once-prodigiously transgressive properties.

On the one hand, it might behoove Coach Scott Brooks to maintain some semblance of consistency, and bring Martin off the bench in the short term.

Arresting the general could rekindle the widespread support he had in the Kivus at the last vote in 2006 supposing he can maintain some semblance of peace afterwards.

The Cambridge boat became enveloped in the Thames, with Roberts and her crew valiantly trying to maintain some semblance of timing and rhythm when there was none.

Maintaining some semblance of normality — that's the key, I assume, to surviving freshman year.

You can't have a winning strategy without maintaining some semblance of a concentration on identity?

In Ms. Spencer's portrayal Minny deals with the degradation she suffers at home by maintaining some semblance of dignity at work.

It is about maintaining some semblance of control, the erosion of which it is thought would be complete if women were allowed to drive.

In October, financial inducements from desperate car makers maintained some semblance of normality, but in November retail sales dropped by 3.7%, the sharpest month-to-month decline since 1992.Special report Back to basics How was it for you?