Recent US diplomacy has seemed amateurish and naive.

Some of the recent economic news has seemed to justify this approach.

Mexico has seemed especially tempted to return to its Cuban complicity of the past.

In rich countries, mass poverty, which seemed to have been eliminated around 1980, has reappeared.

It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me.

Tom seemed bored.

Something seemed amiss.

Layla seemed sleepy.

Layla seemed excited.

Sami seemed nice.

Sami seemed upset.

Sami seemed cool.

Sami seemed sincere.

Up to now, the Argentine model has seemed successful, yielding substantial economic growth for the country since 2001.

Slowly, however, Europe has seemed to grow more cohesive in its opposition to American unipolar policies and pretensions.

Time seemed to stop.

Sami seemed pretty upset.

A depression seemed possible.

In any event, America s stated concern about freedom of navigation in these waters has always seemed a little overdrawn.

As Sheikh Hasina has seemed to appreciate since returning to office two years ago, Bangladesh has for decades been handicapped by doctrines that undermine growth.

Sami seemed to feel trapped.

Capitalism seemed to be dying.

Attacking a communist country has always seemed to offer American politicians a convenient way to appeal to the average voter.

Seemed to be the passion today.

She seemed to be very surprised.

That seemed like a good move.

It seemed worth trying. It wasn t.

The answer seemed a no brainer.

It seemed like an endless journey.

Perhaps it was the crutches, but it seemed it seemed as though she might want to talk to me again.

BERLIN Just weeks ago, the worst of the financial crisis in Europe seemed to be over. Stability seemed to be returning.

But what seemed to be the last straw has been the last tax scandal, taken on by his sister in law Fabiola.

The reasoning behind the tests seemed unimpeachable.

The opening was less than it seemed.

Everything seemed to have started well enough.

Terrorism has taken more lives in India than in any country in the world after Iraq, and yet, unlike Israel, India has seemed unable to do anything about it.

He spoke French and seemed at ease with Britain s neighbors across the Channel more importantly, he seemed to sympathize with European integration.

This time, however, things were not what they seemed, because the Middle East has undergone a significant change in the past two years.

Hezbollah, despite its rhetoric, has taken no steps to support Hamas, and the Arab states seemed more than willing to support its defeat.

A new global market has been created that ignores the divide which seemed so fundamental for so many decades between East and West.

Syria, which at first seemed to be just another instance of internal change, has spawned a civil war that has spread beyond the country s borders, affecting all of its neighbors.

Suddenly, the library of utopia seemed within reach.

But things seemed to be going well recently.

They never seemed so much on people s minds.

Consumer goods therefore seemed to be getting cheaper.