show to advantage
Example Sentences
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On this occasion, however, it unluckily did not show to advantage.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2011
If he does not show to advantage in a new role he may shelve it for a while, as he seems to be doing with Manrico in Il Trovatore.
From Time Magazine Archive
The plants also show to advantage in suspended baskets, window boxes, rustic work, vases, and any position where an appearance of graceful negligence is aimed at.
From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons
At present she did not show to advantage, her deck being littered with stores of all kinds that had come on board late.
From The Treasure of the Incas by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
There was only one other girl at the table, Lady Agatha de Champion, and her slouching, stooping figure and fuzzled hair did not show to advantage beside the heiress's upright, rounded shape and well-brushed waves.
From The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel by Glyn, Elinor
