false show
Example Sentences
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But the false show of bravado helped propel Wallace into the governorship in 1962.
From Time Magazine Archive
But if they are not able to fulfil their promises, and, moreover, lack many good things, is not the happiness men seek in them clearly discovered to be a false show?
From The Consolation of Philosophy by James, H. R. (Henry Rosher)
Given to false show; assuming or pretending to posses what is not natural or real.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
The Venetian Republic, now in its last days of power, made a brave if false show upon London streets in those times.
From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.
Simple honesty is preferable to false show in all cases; truthfulness in utterance is always to be desired.
From Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition by Dresser, Christopher
