show and tell
Example Sentences
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For years, the volume — a 19th-century French treatise on the human soul — was brought out for show and tell, and sometimes, according to library lore, used to haze new employees.
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2024
But I will not allow people to come on my show and tell blatant lies if I am in that position.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2023
"Last year in school, he made a show and tell of going in an ambulance."
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2022
Fathers come up to him after the show and tell him how much they identify with the man he portrays on stage.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022
As to the art of pitching, of course, the old man could show and tell, but he could no longer do.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
