How to Use appearance in a Sentence

appearance

noun
  • The general appearance of the house is quite good.
  • You shouldn't judge a man by his appearance.
  • Have you noticed any changes in her appearance?
  • He appears to be happy, but appearances can be deceptive.
  • The museum restored the painting to its original appearance.
  • Their expensive home created a false appearance of success and happiness.
  • Apply it to the shaft of the hair and work it through the ends for a shiny, glassy appearance.
    — Women's Health, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The enhanced blood flow to the skin can help smooth the appearance of fine lines over time.
    — Neha Tandon, Glamour, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The appearance looms much larger in the mind of Stephen Stills.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2023
  • There are many types of ghost guns with a range of appearances.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • As for Tita, blowouts had a grip on her appearance over the span of many decades.
    — Andrea Aliseda, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The latest from the campaign trail — On Sunday the appearance was the first time Reps.
    — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
  • Somehow the very appearance of De Niro, in a Scorsese film, is enough to give away the plot.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Hugh Casey was 2-0 with one save in six relief appearances for the Dodgers.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Baseball hall of famer Derek Jeter will make his fourth appearance at the event.
    — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2023
  • The Chiefs will make their fifth Super Bowl appearance (and third in the past four seasons).
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2023
  • This marks the sixth time Perry has received a VMA and her first appearance on the awards show since 2017.
    — Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
  • He is set to appear in court for his first appearance on June 12.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
  • Gingrich said, when asked about his appearance at the event.
    — Ashley Parker, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Tilly, on the other hand, has made appearances on the show in the past as a confidant of Sutton's.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Retinoids Retinoid is often used to improve the appearance of skin.
    — Susan Brickell, Health, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The Grammy winner’s appearance at the game on Monday night was her first one in about a month.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Rudolph returns to the field for his sixth appearance this season.
    — Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
  • His teeth and hair are intact, said Reuters, and his skin has a hard, leathery appearance.
    — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Ju-ae’s public appearance marked the first time ​Pyongyang confirmed that Mr. Kim had a child.
    — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2023
  • This marks the Jaguars' first playoff appearance since 2017.
    — Matt Meyer, CNN, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The Zach Bryan stage appearance got a lot of attention.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2024
  • Watch Shakira and Bizarrap’s Tonight Show appearance in the videos below.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Her outfit for the final was a black dress whose arms, when lifted, gave the appearance of bat wings — a symbol associated with the young Bibas brothers who were abducted from Israel on Oct. 7 and killed in Gaza.
    — Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 21 May 2025
  • That particular sauce may not be on the menu, but a version of his grandmother’s Sunday Gravy does make an occasional appearance.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 May 2025

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