What does the word semblance mean?
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Show; likeness; image; appearance.
Part of speech: noun
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Usage examples for semblance
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Jotan, shouting orders in an effort to rally his scattered men to some semblance of order, caught sight of the doomed princess as Sadu rose in his spring toward her. – The Return of Tharn by Howard Carleton Browne
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The pleasure, to Rotha, was so keen that it almost took on the semblance of pain. – A Letter of Credit by Susan Warner
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The light in the library had been extinguished, and the light that came from the hall swayed about the room with the movement of the curtains and gave a momentary semblance of life to the face of the man upon the couch. – The Indian Drum by William MacHarg Edwin Balmer