Sentence:  Maggie could n't <WSD>seem</WSD> to get her strength back or catch up with herself with all she had to do : there was the big basket of clothes to be coaxed through the rackety old washer and lugged out and lugged back ; there was the daily round of household chores in which Maggie insisted on participating . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect