Semblance
in example sentence
It was heart-rending to witness this faint
semblance
of proper schooling – all the more so because the children clearly valued their education.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge: I try to convey a
semblance
of truth in my writing to produce for these shadows of the imagination a willing suspension of disbelief that, for a moment, constitutes poetic faith.
By the time we get there, every place with a rough
semblance
of governance might actually be on their way.
PM: And what were the first signs that recovery was not only going to be possible but you were going to have some
semblance
of the life that you and Gabby had planned?
It's what Coleridge called the willing suspension of disbelief or poetic faith, for those moments where a story, no matter how strange, has some
semblance
of the truth, and then you're able to believe it.
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