Sentence examples for seems upon from inspiring English sources

The second seems, upon observation, like a prayer for creativity, or at least, accuracy.

The era of the straightened-out croissant seems upon us; already this morning at Pret a Manger, the pastries look suspiciously closer to the pure vertical line.

Although George has spent more summers on Cooper Island than he often cares to count, he seems, upon first meeting, an unlikely candidate for the solitary hardships of fieldwork in the high Arctic.

The album closes with "Out of the Woods," a hypnotic tale of war that seems, upon closer inspection, to be about Stonewall Jackson and the Battle of Bull Run.

There are sappy love ballads, dance-pop confections, strange experiments that vaguely recall her Girlysound demos, and a very Liz Phair-sounding rock song ("And He Slayed Her") that seems, upon closer inspection, to be about the vampire craze in young-adult literature.

Like many dirtbag comedies, "Angry Boys" shares DNA with Ricky Gervais's version of "The Office"; the twins' grandmother (also played by Lilley), who runs a boys' detention center, seems, upon introduction, awfully David Brent-ishe— she's a bully who insists that her subordinates love her.

In contrast to the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl accidents, which were largely blamed on staffing issues, the "weak link" in the Fukushima accident seemed upon immediate observation to be the physical plant itself rather than human error.

Zarina (professionally, she goes by her first name only) is one of those artists who seem, upon the occasion of a midcareer retrospective like this one, to have been hiding in plain sight.

For a while, a New Day seemed upon us: Irony was declared dead, acts of kindness were reported by the media, Hollywood producers held off releasing racy or violent films, saying it was "too soon".

In his book, Geithner seems put-upon by even being in that world.

Instead of buoyant, he seems put upon.