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Embarrassed as she was, she tried to maintain some semblance of dignity.semblance = outward appearance
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The substitute teacher had to battle to maintain even a semblance of order.
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There was not even the semblance of a hello.† (source)
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Rosaleen, on the other hand, had stopped all semblance of work and looked from June to Neil.† (source)
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A semblance of normality had been installed.† (source)
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Once a semblance of silence had descended, I got on the public comm channel, which had the same effect as turning on a giant PA system.† (source)
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How well I remember When it came as a visitor on foot And dwelt a while amongst us A melody in the semblance of a mountain cat.† (source)
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It didn't entirely disappear, but it gradually submerged, as semblances of order returned and our pattern of life assumed its new design.† (source)
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Only its slim front legs had a semblance of normal position.† (source)
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On top of each tomb, in full papal vestments, lay life-sized semblances of each Pope, shown in death, arms folded across their chests.† (source)
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All I want is for you to be honest so I can leave here with some semblance of peace.† (source)
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He wanted us turned into the semblances of boys, one way or another.† (source)
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He was accustomed to symbolic progressions that made some semblance of sense, but everything here—the pentacle, the text, the numbers—seemed disparate at the most fundamental level.† (source)
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for, though she loved it and felt it tingle and sting, still these semblances, these triumphs (dear old Peter, for example, thinking her so brilliant), had a hollowness;† (source)
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But no, we crossed the vast expanse of linoleum, me pushing the baggage trolley, Nathan pushing Will, and as the glass doors opened, there they were, standing at the barrier, side by side in some rare semblance of unity.† (source)
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If there was anything that unsettled him it was for people not to be on the inside what their outward semblances led you to suppose.† (source)
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