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 the robbery was not gilded with this false show.

From Plutarch's Lives Volume III. by Stewart, Aubrey

Neither of them even tried to make a false show of self-possession.

From The Record of Currupira by Abernathy, Robert

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

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)