After a seemingly timeless period, during which he drifted in and out of consciousness, he became gradually aware of where he was and what had happened.

IN 405 B.C., Aristophanes imagined a highly impractical solution to that seemingly timeless problem: a lack of good plays to see.

Mr. Kuleto's designs are seemingly timeless and classic yet theatrical.

Outside, the city moved at Mach speed, while in this seemingly timeless bubble the fluttering swallows sat, unmoving, mesmerized, remembering.

The seemingly timeless world of the French peasantry swiftly changed from 1870 to 1914.

ISN'T it odd how seemingly timeless attributes of athletic heroism can suddenly become bitter points of dispute when the would-be hero wears gold chains?

The other human folk were comfortably ensconced in the Brain Coral's pool, awaiting that seemingly timeless interval when Trent would return for the fade-away party.

So they had been for the seemingly timeless years of their youth.

The apparently unspoilt and seemingly timeless landscape setting of Castlerigg stone circle provided inspiration for the poets, painters and writers of the 19th century Romantic movement.

LEAD: For decades, this small city on the Susquehanna River has celebrated Memorial Day with a seemingly timeless ritual.