Sentence examples of "parait" in French with translation "look"

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Tout le monde parait tendu dans les moments les plus palpitants. In the most thrilling moment, everyone looked very tense.
Sa mère n'est pas si vieille qu'elle n'y parait. Her mother is not as old as she looks.
Cette rallonge me parait dangereuse. Voyez-vous où elle est usée, là ? That extension cord looks dangerous to me. You see where it's frayed there?
Elle parait jeune à cause de son maquillage mais elle a déjà plus de quarante ans. She looks young because of her makeup, but she is already more than forty years old.
Tu parais jeune pour ton âge. You look young for your age.
Il paraît jeune pour son âge. He looks young considering his age.
Est-ce que la voiture paraissait vieille ? Did the car look old?
Ma mère paraît jeune pour son âge. My mother looks young for her age.
Notre professeur paraît jeune pour son âge. Our teacher looks young for her age.
Il paraît plus âgé que mon frère. He looks older than my brother.
Elle paraît très jeune, comparée à son époux. She looks very young as against her husband.
Elle est aussi active qu'elle le paraît. She is as active as she looks.
Porter des lunettes vous fait paraître plus intellectuel. Wearing glasses makes you look more intellectual.
Les maisons et voitures paraissent minuscules vu du ciel. The houses and cars looked tiny from the sky.
Tom n'est pas aussi vieux qu'il paraît. Tom isn't as old as he looks.
Elle est bien plus intelligente qu'elle ne paraît. She's a lot smarter than she looks.
Faire ce genre de chose vous fait paraître stupide. Doing that sort of thing makes you look stupid.
Faire ce genre de chose te fait paraître stupide. Doing that sort of thing makes you look stupid.
Connais-tu la raison pour laquelle le ciel paraît bleu ? Do you know the reason why the sky looks blue?
Il n'est pas aussi jeune qu'il le paraît. He is not as young as he looks.
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