Darkness "___ Like a Good Idea at the Time"

• "Good times never ___ so good" Neil Diamond
• Looked like
• Had the appearance of
• Pretended to be
• Looked to be
• Came across as
• Looked as if

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Seem \Seem\ (s[=e]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Seemed (s[=e]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Seeming .] [OE. semen to seem, to become, befit, AS. s[=e]man to satisfy, pacify; akin to Icel. s[ae]ma to honor, to bear with, conform to, s[ae]mr becoming, fit, s[=o]ma to beseem, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: seem )