Why send the 250-pound Way rumbling wide on a slow-developing play seemingly doomed to fail?

Like many of China's state-owned enterprises, it was seemingly doomed, with only a few of its structures still in use.

The monarch seemingly doomed, Duarte de Menezes threw himself forward to fight off the attack.

He was clever, all off balance and seemingly doomed to defeat, he yanked on the handkerchief.

Seemingly doomed, Spider-Man was ultimately able to draw upon sheer force of will to summon the strength to escape.

His transformation began when he escaped from the seemingly doomed ship.

And the Mil's ominous approach was aimed at the equator of the seemingly doomed Tanes.

A decade ago, the Giants were a losing football team: disorganized, disheartened and seemingly doomed.

Their only line of defense is caring for one another, even the seemingly doomed Rolanda, no matter how many times she stumbles.

MTV, being the original stakeholders for the franchise, came to the seemingly doomed series' rescue.