Sentence examples for small semblance from inspiring English sources

Funhaus5 proposes Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita" and adds, "Obviously, the only way "Infinite Jest" could really be made with any small semblance of verisimilitude to the original would be as a multi-part miniseries".

My favorite came from Funhaus5, who suggested David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest," and said: "Obviously, the only way "Infinite Jest" could really be made with any small semblance of verisimilitude to the original would be as a multi-part miniseries".

Good luck holding on to some small semblance of your former self, everybody!

But, aside from her signature wide-set eyes and a small semblance of her cheekbones, we can't seem to find the lively Kate we know and love (even without a stitch of makeup).

If you want to be a good person – to go into whatever bleak dark aftermathic abyss or heaven or hell you can imagine when you die with some small semblance of "good" attached to your name – you will have had some of these conversations with yourself, too.

If he picked someone that Democrats could vote for a centrist who wasn't a product of the conservative movement or just someone too old to be a longtime influence maybe some small semblance of order and norms would return to Congress's upper chamber.

Launching today, it is designed to help organizers of events big and small keep some semblance of sanity as the crazy world of event management rages around them.

The Baghdad races gave a small glimpse of a semblance of normal life: horse-lovers, compulsive gamblers, drunks and a small group of weary jockeys who matched the tired town.

His young cast may bring across, as they often do, a semblance of small-town Italian atmosphere to offset the homemade qualities of the production, now in the final weekend of its current run.

But Italian schmaltz (perhaps a byproduct of his Lower East Side home base) is a specialty of the group's octogenarian founder and conductor, Anthony Amato, and his young singers may bring across, as they often do, a semblance of small-town Italian atmosphere to offset the homemade qualities of the production.

Amid an onslaught of directorial flourishes and the competitive scenery chewing of his seasoned cast mates, what Mr. McNairy does is no small feat: He conjures some semblance of a human tragedy.