Usage examples of "semblent" in French with translation to English

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Elles semblent toutes deux suspectes. Both of them seem suspicious.
Ils me semblent très similaires. They look very similar to me.
Les choses ne sont pas toujours ce qu'elles semblent. Things aren't always as they appear.
Ils semblent tous deux suspects. Both of them seem suspicious.
Les choses au loin semblent floues. Distant things look blurred.
Ils semblent tous deux suspicieux. Both of them seem suspicious.
Les danseurs semblent délicats dans leurs robes blanches, mais ils sont en fait forts comme des chevaux. The dancers look delicate in their white dresses, but they are really as strong as horses.
Ils semblent tous deux méfiants. Both of them seem suspicious.
Elles semblent toutes deux méfiantes. Both of them seem suspicious.
Elles semblent toutes deux suspicieuses. Both of them seem suspicious.
Nos intérêts semblent être en conflit. Our interests seem to conflict with each other.
Les peintures de Picasso me semblent étranges. Picasso's paintings seem strange to me.
Certains jours semblent se traîner et durer éternellement. Some days seem to just drag on and last forever.
Ces propositions-là me semblent tout à fait similaires. Those proposals seem very much alike to me.
Les femmes semblent l'apprécier pour une quelconque raison. Women seem to like him for some reason.
Les choses ne sont pas ce qu'elles semblent être. Things are not what they seem.
Parfois les idées les plus brillantes semblent venir de nulle part. Sometimes the most inspired ideas seem to just come from out of the blue.
Les êtres humains semblent avoir du mal à abandonner leurs vieilles habitudes. Human beings seem to find it difficult to give up their old habits.
Ce sont les choses que l'on ne possède pas qui nous semblent les plus désirables It is the things that we do not possess which seem to us most desirable.
J'ai essayé les Control, mais ils me semblent être un peu plus serrés que les Durex. I've tried Controls, but they seem a little tighter to me than Durexes.
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