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
Does not Southey show to advantage here? yet the voice of the world proclaims Milton pre-eminently a poet; and no one can affect a doubt of the delicacy and exactness of his ear.
From The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin by Newman, John Henry
Old Stolliver was a boorish, cross-grained customer, who paid slight regard to the amenities, and did not show to advantage in conversation.
From The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales by Dent, John Charles
To make the river show to advantage, it will be necessary to arrange it in the form of an inclined plane.
From Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants by Head, James H.
