noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
some semblance of normality
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We’ll soon get back to some semblance of normality .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
maintain
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Nobody has yet been discovered who maintains any semblance of normal health without sleeping.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And so it went on: a series of intrinsically meaningless turns that gained a semblance of significance through weekly repetition.
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How the giant machine swayed and staggered - until Juron gained a semblance of proper rhythm.
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Indeed for most of the first half Iron struggled to find any semblance of the form they later displayed after the interval.
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Old Chao puckered his face into a semblance of pain.
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Our people are denied even the semblance of political power, electing careerist politicians who allegedly represent our interests.
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The Celtics put it into overdrive in the third, effectively ending any semblance or thought of competition for the night.
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The Primarch's dead limbs were momentarily restored, all be it clad in a semblance of translucent rotting tissue.
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There will be just enough time for some semblance of the democratic process within the party to operate.