put in appearance
Example Sentences
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I ate breakfast and waited—six o'clock, seven o'clock, eight o'clock—and still that promised beast had not put in appearance.
From The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children by Various
Valerie being still too ill to leave her bunk, while Pharos, as usual, did not put in appearance until close upon midday.
From Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance by Boothby, Guy
As they proved to be apt pupils, they were already quite familiar with the beautiful songs by the time the original chorus members put in appearance at the parsonage for the afternoon's rehearsal.
From The Lilac Lady by Brown, Ruth Alberta
But nine-tenths of the mob failed to put in appearance, and the monster petition turned out to be a monstrous and clumsy fraud.
From Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century by Joy, James Richard
Harry Lontaine got home at a late hour for one who had it in mind to bathe, dress, and put in appearance for an eight o'clock dinner several miles away.
From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Vance, Louis Joseph
