make show of
Example Sentences
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Here, in October, 1677, Joseph Argent had "fourteen days allowed to him to make show of such tricks as are mentioned in his patent at the 'Angel.'"
From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by J. E. (James Edmund) Vincent
Calling for paper and pens, he would make show of writing a letter, producing no words or intelligible signs, but only a mass of scrawls and blotches.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Sir Hall Caine
Fill, or make show of filling, your jar.
From Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History by A. L. O. E.
Wherefore let no man make show of unseemly deeds in this my house, for now I have understanding to discern both good and evil, but in time past I was yet a child.
From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Andrew Lang
Tiberius, to make show of a spirit perfectly unbiassed, received the young man graciously, and honoured him with the presents usually bestowed on young noblemen.
From The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola by Thomas Gordon
