false show

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But the false show of bravado helped propel Wallace into the governorship in 1962.

From Time Magazine Archive

Let no false show of fame, your reason blind.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Everything that the garish daylight shows, which can never show them the depths of the other's heart, is a false show, an ugly delusion.

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

Less fanatically violent, but far more formidable, through its false show of moderation and favor, was the party of the Queen-mother, Catherine de Medici.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

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

From The Record of Currupira by Abernathy, Robert