His old name didn't seem like it would do any more.

Would not that name seem to him to answer everything?

A name seemed like such a basic thing to forget.

The name seemed to have no effect on her whatever.

That name seemed to be coming more easily with use.

His name seemed to flow away from him into the heat.

That's not what they are, but I need to call them something, and that name seems to fit.

My name seemed (if one may say such a thing) to bring him to himself again.

His name seemed to mean nothing at all to them.

The name seemed to make no impression on her, either.