1.   At a superficial level, things seem to have remained the same.

2.   How different things seem with a little light on the subject, I mused.

3.   Polly was alone once more, rejected and homeless, just when things had seemed to be shaping up.

4.   She simply refuses to accept defeat, no matter how bad things seem.

5.   Such odd things seemed to be happening.

6.   That thing over there seems to weigh a ton.

7.   Things seemed quiet enough, but it was an uneasy calm.

8.   Things seemed to be going badly until NATO forces came to their defence.

9.   To be honest, the whole thing seemed a little suspect.

10.   As time passed, things seemed to get worse.