make presentable

Example Sentences

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It takes a large reserve force of both patience and scraping to make presentable such a specimen as "Dodd" was on this memorable morning.

From The Evolution of Dodd by Smith, William Hawley

The temptation to imitate effects of foreshortening for its own sake is not without some excuse, as it is quite possible to make presentable pictures in this way.

From Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship by Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard)

She had always admired his good taste in clothes, and the way he carried himself in them; and now she was to see him in garments which no dignity of body could make presentable.

From The Financier, a novel by Dreiser, Theodore

Using a little care, it is possible to make presentable fittings by utilizing odds and ends found about the household and shop.

From Boys' Book of Model Boats by Yates, Raymond F. (Raymond Francis)

Its business was to show that side of the capitalist process which other publications tried to conceal, or at any rate to gild and dress up and make presentable.

From Love's Pilgrimage by Sinclair, Upton