false show
Example Sentences
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But the false show of bravado helped propel Wallace into the governorship in 1962.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the robbery was not gilded with this false show.
From Plutarch's Lives Volume III. by Stewart, Aubrey
In order to put on a false show of erudition, you lug into your last article a familiar Latin sentence.
From Hoosier Mosaics by Thompson, Maurice
A thousand times since that day, in the midst of all this false show and glitter, my mind has gone back to that wonderful girl.
From Ann Boyd by Harben, Will N. (Will Nathaniel)
Lady Norah and Violet Dufaure were somewhat at cross-purposes, each preferring to talk to Stillford and endeavoring, under a false show of amity, to foist Captain Irons on to the other.
From Helena's Path by Hope, Anthony
