putting on
Example Sentences
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There’s also some whining about Gilgeous-Alexander baiting foul calls from referees—initiating contact and then putting on a Juilliard-worthy death scene—but in this he’s hardly alone.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
They could just be putting on a show for the cameras, she said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
China's robots are capable of putting on a show, doing Kung Fu dance moves and racing faster than humans during a marathon in Beijing.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
"I have girls as young as 20 years old walking in, coming in from college, and putting on a fox jacket," Cowit told AFP.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
They were handsome little things, although rather hard to see without putting on your spectacles.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
