semblance
apariencia
definition
noun
she tried to force her thoughts back into some semblance of order
the outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different.
translation of 'semblance'
noun
semblanza,
aspecto,
apariencia
example
Braugher is the only one who appears to have a 'semblance' of dignity.
The only option left now for the devastated Democratic party is to rally together and show some 'semblance' of a united front.
Still, the Raiders have to generate some 'semblance' of pressure with their front four.
The trick here is meticulous preparation in order to avoid the intrusion of any 'semblance' of reality.
The donors may enjoy better control over the economic affairs of the country in the absence of any 'semblance' of fiscal system.
Obviously the Napster that return today has no 'semblance' to the original: bar the logo and the name.
Truly dramatic explanations must, however, bear some 'semblance' of reality.
Maybe a nice shot of single malt medicine would bring them back to some 'semblance' of reality.
It isn't until she starts in with lyrics that any 'semblance' to the original recording manifests.
she tried to force her thoughts back into some 'semblance' of order
To some observers in the office she bore only a vague 'semblance' to the miniature Aussie singer.
it bears some 'semblance' to the thing I have in mind
At that phase, some of his works had some 'semblance' to nature, like the barks of trees or a rocky landscape.
But the bigger the budget, the less control for the auteur - and the fainter any 'semblance' of reality.
We get no closer to any semblance of truth, or any 'semblance' of an idea of the best possible way forward.
it bears some 'semblance' to the thing I have in mind
she tried to force her thoughts back into some 'semblance' of order
These Mucks also have 'semblances' of arms, although they are probably useless.
Like anything else of importance (goodness, understanding, God), adoration (or love, as we might as well call it) is plagued by false 'semblances' .
To ordinary perception it seems full of characters and objects, all the 'semblances' of a world.
It was one long string of notes, connected not in harmony or key, but with 'semblances' of consistency that emerge in rhythm and timbre.
Such distance is based on the insight that all of the upheaval is ultimately just a non-substantial proliferation of 'semblances' that do not really concern the innermost kernel of our being.
In some of the sculptures Holley is more explicitly figurative, bending wires into 'semblances' of human profiles or, in at least one case, painting a head on an assemblage element.
The distorted 'semblances' of the trees on the other side were vaguely visible through it, mocking him cruelly in the emptiness.
Can amnesia run so deeply as to eliminate all traces of any sort of memories, 'semblances' thereof, or feelings thereof?
He knows them to be vidharma, anti-religious movements, chala-dharma, false religion, or dharmabhasa, mere 'semblances' of religion.
Change produces anxiety - especially a postmodern change in which all 'semblances' of certainty have been removed.
He is trying to hold onto the last 'semblances' of honor.
All 'semblances' to actual persons or events, living or dead, is frankly impossible, but if there is a resemblance then it is either accidental, or a lampoon, and in either case you can't prove it so don't bother suing me.
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