What had once seemed certain was no longer so for him.

She asked for very little of what her heritage had once seemed to offer.

What once seemed to be a near certainty is no longer the case.

To many here, the area once seemed like an ideal place to raise a family.

The Internet, too, once seemed outside the grasp of the common man.

Webb had once seemed to, but perhaps he'd been kind.

"But over the past four years Americans have accomplished results that once seemed beyond possibility."

Remember, this is a player who once seemed like he was on the verge of being a star.

Such a question would have once seemed silly, but it's relevant today.

Where his face had once seemed sensitive it now looked weak.