seemed
Ça m'avait semblé comme un vrai ruisseau.
It had seemed like a real stream to me.
— Jean de Florette (1986)
L'expérience a semblé bien se dérouler.
The experiment seemed to go well.
Il a semblé satisfait de mon explication.
He seemed satisfied with my explanation.
You seemed to like it.
Yes, that's what it seemed to me.