for show
Example Sentences
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I flush the toilet, just for show, and head back to class.
From Literature
Sometimes the thin line between love and hate, including the brand of disdain that’s just for show, can be bridged by a tuna melt.
From Salon
These dialectical images, of the natural and manufactured, the captured and cared for, show limbs hung with IV bags that feed nutrients to the flora, cacti supported by cathedral-like scaffolding, and stalks labeled with toe-tag-like notes.
“I just thought, ‘Well, we have this exhibit where the tapes aren’t for sale; they’re for show.
From Los Angeles Times
“I thought it was just for show, but they were like, ‘Oh no, we aren’t wasting any grapes.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
