How to Use appear in a Sentence

appear

verb
Definition of appearnext
Synonyms for appearnext
  • One by one, the stars appeared in the sky.
  • The airplanes seemed to appear out of nowhere.
  • One of the guests appeared a few minutes late.
  • The sun began to appear from behind the clouds.
  • The cat appears at our kitchen door every morning.
  • She appears a nice enough person.
  • He appeared a little before eight last night.
  • The storm disappeared as suddenly as it had appeared.
  • Winning the election appears unlikely at this point.
  • Eclipses appear as ill omens in Shakespeare and, of course, the Bible.
    — John Penner, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The remark appears at the 22:49 minute moment of the video recording.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The pot appears to be durable and would last many seasons.
    — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • That's a reprise of a standalone Tate bill that appears to be stalled, at least for now, in the House.
    — Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 26 Mar. 2024
  • None of this appears to have harmed the careers of those involved.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2023
  • The rash appears discolored and splotchy, and the itching gets worse at night.
    — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The restaurant appears to be on track to debut this spring.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Wagner's video shows a crack in a beam that appears to hold up the rails of the coaster.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 10 July 2023
  • The rest of the world, finally, appears to be catching up.
    — Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 21 July 2023
  • The trustees of the fund would distribute it to actors whose projects appear on the platforms.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 Oct. 2023
  • This article appears in the May/June 2024 issue in the UK.
    — Peter Guest, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Hill appeared in 15 games (four starts) and caught six passes for 48 yards.
    — Daniel Oyefusi, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2024
  • But Porter isn’t a member of that committee and her name does not appear on the vote sheet.
    — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The clip appeared to have been taken at a party for Jameson and his friends.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
  • These were not the first-gen students and hijabis who showed up at Hunter; many of them appeared to be white.
    — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Every one to three seconds, an X appeared in one of the four boxes.
    — Matthew Robison, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Due to the lack of light underwater, most scenes appear to have a blue or green tint to both the naked eye and the camera lens.
    — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Regardless of intent, Philipps appears to be on the precipice — again.
    — Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2024
  • As the runway appeared below, the pilots put on their helmets.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • So that was sort of the beginning point of where all these characters appeared.
    — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The boos appeared to focus on the pair not shaking hands after the match, in line with the policy of Ukrainian players in protest of the war.
    — Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 10 July 2023

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