make show of
Example Sentences
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Wherefore let no man make show of unseemly deeds in this my house, for now I have understanding to discern both good and evil, but in time past I was yet a child.
From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew
Calling for paper and pens, he would make show of writing a letter, producing no words or intelligible signs, but only a mass of scrawls and blotches.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir
Pierre will not even make show of such defense.
From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Lee, Carson Jay
Tiberius, to make show of a spirit perfectly unbiassed, received the young man graciously, and honoured him with the presents usually bestowed on young noblemen.
From The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola by Gordon, Thomas
Fill, or make show of filling, your jar.
From Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History by A. L. O. E.
