Both Uses
semblance
in
The Bourne Identity
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- Bourne glanced at the countryside, trying to pry open the steel doors of his mind, trying to find a semblance of the hope she felt.†
Chpt 23 *
- He stood for a moment, letting his breathing and his heartbeat resume a semblance of normalcy, then reached into his pocket for a book of matches.†
Chpt 32
Definitions:
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(1)
(semblance) the outward appearance of something -- especially when the reality is different or incomplete
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)