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
Would thou have me to believe, O wise and pious friend, that a false show can be better—can be more for God's glory, or man' welfare—than God's own truth?
From The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Simple honesty is preferable to false show in all cases; truthfulness in utterance is always to be desired.
From Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition by Christopher Dresser
That the People, deceived by a false show of advantage, often desire what would be their ruin; and that large hopes and brave promises easily move them LIV.
From Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius by Ninian Hill Thomson
Is he so sly as to try to keep up a false show before his brother even?
From Landolin by Berthold Auerbach
