make show of
Example Sentences
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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
"Bide still awhile—hither cometh yon beefy fool back again—so will I make show of miscalling ye till he be gone."
From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Jeffery Farnol
Mr. Keyes did speak but few words, but such as did make show of great spirit.
From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by John Gerard
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
Fill, or make show of filling, your jar.
From Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History by A. L. O. E.
