make presentable

During supper, which the poor Count's servants tried to make presentable with a few eggs cooked in an omelette, a bottle of good wine, and a dish of stewed pigeons, the Duchess Amoretta was pleased with everything.

"A good-looking fellow, too; only wanting a little training to make presentable anywhere."

Using a little care, it is possible to make presentable fittings by utilizing odds and ends found about the household and shop.

The temptation to imitate effects of foreshortening for its own sake is not without some excuse, as it is quite possible to make presentable pictures in this way.

It takes a large reserve force of both patience and scraping to make presentable such a specimen as "Dodd" was on this memorable morning.