Sentence examples for tried to seem from inspiring English sources

Völler looks like the average German, albeit one frozen in the 1980s, and has never tried to seem either interesting or impressive.

With a new Bond (George Lazenby) and a move away from the gadgets and vast sets of Connery and Adam's later work, Thunderball and Goldfinger, this tried to seem less fantastical – the only contraption issued to Bond is a photocopier.

Hague has been dragged — reluctantly, one senses — to the populist right: he has proposed tax cuts, he has tried to seem tougher on crime than Labour does, he has tried to exploit anti-immigrant feeling by proposing detention camps to hold asylum seekers, most of whom come from the Balkans, while their entry applications are being processed.

The mood was much sunnier on CNN, where Ms. Bolduan, Mr. Cuomo and the news anchor, Michaela Pereira, gamely tried to seem like good friends — they even showed clips from a team-building weekend they spent together, grilling cheeseburgers and fishing.

I remember seeing the rest, so I suspect I did do the head-in-hand for a moment but then, realizing I was in public, tried to seem into the remainder.

And as hard as I tried to seem like someone she could hang out with over a hot beverage, it was harder to break through without a mutual love for mochas.

He was always trying to seem older.

He tries to seem naïve.

He tries to seem cool.

I try to seem relaxed".

Trump is trying to seem more Presidential.