make show of
Example Sentences
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"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 Farnol, Jeffery
In this sense the castaways are pleased to interpret it, or to make show of so interpreting it, for the sake of keeping on friendly terms with him.
From The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure by Reid, Mayne
Mathias' face lighted up, and, foreseeing his opportunity to make show of his Greek proficiency he began: heaven is our intelligence and the earth our sensibility.
From The Brook Kerith A Syrian story by Moore, George (George Augustus)
Pierre will not even make show of such defense.
From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Lee, Carson Jay
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 Gordon, Thomas
