false show
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But the false show of bravado helped propel Wallace into the governorship in 1962.
From Time Magazine Archive
He told them that if he were ruler over the land every man should have all that he wanted, and deceived many by a false show of friendship.
From Child's Story of the Bible by Mary A. (Mary Artemisia) Lathbury
A thousand times since that day, in the midst of all this false show and glitter, my mind has gone back to that wonderful girl.
From Ann Boyd by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben
That the People, deceived by a false show of advantage, often desire what would be their ruin; and that large hopes and brave promises easily move them LIV.
From Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius by Ninian Hill Thomson
There is no pretence so difficult to maintain as the false show of genial and benevolent feeling.
From A Manual of Moral Philosophy by Andrew P. (Andrew Preston) Peabody
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