put in appearance

Example Sentences

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And when Judkins put in appearance, riding a lame horse, and dismounted with the cramp of a rider, his dust-covered figure and his darkly grim, almost dazed expression told Jane of dire calamity.

From Riders of the Purple Sage by Grey, Zane

Professor Williams, the aeronaut, had not yet put in appearance.

From Leo the Circus Boy by Stratemeyer, Edward

The girl was wild with anticipation, but the parcel did not put in appearance that afternoon, nor the next day, nor the next.

From Heart of Gold by Brown, Ruth Alberta

I ate breakfast and waited—six o'clock, seven o'clock, eight o'clock—and still that promised beast had not put in appearance.

From The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children by Various

Then an uncle of mine whom everyone had thought was dead put in appearance and took me to sea on a long voyage which covered the greater part of four years.

From At the Little Brown House by Brown, Ruth Alberta