make show of

Example Sentences

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In this sense the castaways are pleased to interpret it, or to make show of so interpreting it, for the sake of keeping on friendly terms with him.

From The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure by Reid, Mayne

Wherefore let no man make show of unseemly deeds in this my house, for now I have understanding to discern both good and evil, but in time past I was yet a child.

From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew

In 1683 "Robert Austine at ye Angel hath leave given him for a week from ys Daie to make show of the storie of Edward the 4th and Iane Shore, and noe longer."

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)

"Bide still awhile—hither cometh yon beefy fool back again—so will I make show of miscalling ye till he be gone."

From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Farnol, Jeffery

Fill, or make show of filling, your jar.

From Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History by A. L. O. E.