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 Tiger at present certainly did not show to advantage.
From With Cochrane the Dauntless by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Neither did Nancy's old Shaker bonnet show to advantage beside Flora's hat, with its beautiful bows and streamers; but Nancy was not troubled about that.
From Young Lucretia and Other Stories by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
An Austrian Prince, when cross and hungry, can be as undesirable a social companion as a Cockney cad, and the Countess's distinguished friend did not show to advantage in the scene which followed.
From My Friend the Chauffeur by Lowenheim, Frederic
