make show of
Example Sentences
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Fill, or make show of filling, your jar.
From Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History by A. L. O. E.
In France, a hostess seeks to make show of simplicity in her reception toilettes, so as to be likely to eclipse no one in her own house.
From Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society by Allyn, Jack
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
In 1683 "Robert Austine at ye Angel hath leave given him for a week from ys Daie to make show of the storie of Edward the 4th and Iane Shore, and noe longer."
From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)
