Sentence examples for seemed instead from inspiring English sources

He seemed, instead, skeptical that such a collapse had been imminent.

I assumed that it was an appetizer, but it seemed instead that it was for the kookaburra.

Within a matter of months it seemed instead merely plausible, a little gauche, but entirely understandable as an urge.

The film failed to clarify the truth, as photographic evidence was supposed to, and seemed instead to muddy it.

Flames seemed instead to be rising from adjacent buildings and were mostly extinguished or burned out within an hour.

An offering billed as risotto seemed instead like a tasty toss of rice with shiitakes and porcini.

It seems, instead, like a sudden expanse.

He seems instead a younger, more casual version of Raúl.

They seem instead to have become more profligate.

He seems instead to blame desperate poverty and greed.

For the moment, its hose-down seems instead to be pre-emptive.