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
The Venetian Republic, now in its last days of power, made a brave if false show upon London streets in those times.
From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.
Least of all will he desire to contemplate the vices of men and disparage men, or to delight in a false show of liberty.
From The Philosophy of Spinoza by Ratner, Joseph
You do not yet know either, that ignorance and fear will be thrusting their untruth and false show into the very essentials of Religion.
From Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons by Mitchell, Donald Grant
Let no false show of fame, your reason blind.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Scott, Walter, Sir
