show to advantage
Example Sentences
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On this occasion, however, it unluckily did not show to advantage.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2011
If he does not show to advantage in a new role he may shelve it for a while, as he seems to be doing with Manrico in Il Trovatore.
From Time Magazine Archive
Geoff certainly did not show to advantage; and though his mother wore herself out with talking to him and trying to bring him to a more reasonable frame of mind, it was of no use.
From Great Uncle Hoot-Toot by Molesworth, Mrs.
To everyone's despair, she intruded maliciously: "To my thinking, the finding of my emerald would show to advantage the cut of our aristocratic wits."
From Roads from Rome by Allinson, Anne C. E. (Anne Crosby Emery)
"I was very well satisfied with my purchase, but he will not show to advantage by the side of Victor."
From Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
