put in appearance
Example Sentences
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If any proof had been needed that young Wyndham was “down,” as the Parrett’s fellows termed it, the fact that he did not put in appearance at the second-eleven practice next day supplied it.
From The Willoughby Captains by Reed, Talbot Baines
Harry Lontaine got home at a late hour for one who had it in mind to bathe, dress, and put in appearance for an eight o'clock dinner several miles away.
From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Vance, Louis Joseph
I ate breakfast and waited—six o'clock, seven o'clock, eight o'clock—and still that promised beast had not put in appearance.
From The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children by Various
Bull Harris and his crowd did not put in appearance, or try to put their plot into execution, for the simple reason that there was no chance.
From A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism by Sinclair, Upton
Several players had large piles of gold before them, and the heavy artillery—that is to say, bank-notes—were beginning to put in appearance.
From The Count's Millions by Gaboriau, Émile
