Sentence examples for seemed to contend from inspiring English sources

They also railed against those in Denmark who seemed to contend that the newspaper's lack of respect for Muslim sensitivities deserved much of the blame for the violent reaction in Muslim countries, which included attacks on Danish diplomatic missions in Syria, Lebanon and Iran.

The world No1, Luke Donald, is another who might want to examine his approach, if not at "regular" events, which he wins with pleasing regularity, then certainly at the major championships, where he seldom seems to contend.

He then seems to contend, as an exhaustive and exclusive disjunction, that things happen either by chance or for the sake of something, only to suggest, finally, that what is 'always or for the most part' what happens in a patterned and predictable way is not plausibly thought to be due to chance.

In this passage Metochites seems to contend that Aristotle's argument against self-movement in Physics 7.1 and 8.5 entails the proposition that "what moves itself will not cease to do so," which is used as one of the premises of an argument for the immortality of the soul.

Most people looking at Internet privacy now seem to be contending with problems that have little to do with government oppression.

The singer did seem to be contending with some extra huskiness and thickness in her middle voice, slightly more pronounced after intermission.

With this Lawrentian mash-up, Elliott seems to be contending that a text written for theatre can be adapted for the stage in the same way that a fiction from another medium would be, leaving Lawrence's plays as open to directorial and authorial tinkering, as if Sons and Lovers or another of his novels became the basis for a play.

Mr. Shah seems to be contending that the "tried and true" traditional approach to microfinance is more worthy of support than disruptive models such as Zidisha.

For now, second-guessing is not a concern for Arizona, which seems poised to contend in a thin National League West.

O'Dowd, who used to work for Baltimore and Cleveland, has carefully rebuilt the Rockies into a deep, athletic team that seems poised to contend for a long time.

These days, it's striking that the Times's columnists seem unable to contend with the earthquake rolling under our feet.