The husband was duly warned, but, with a great show of intrepidity, he answered with a joke every time he was told that I was a formidable rival.
I dined alone with his eminence; he made a great show of peculiar kindness and I of great satisfaction, for my self-pride, stronger even than my sorrow, forbade me to let anyone guess that I was in disgrace.
When I woke in the morning, I saw De la Haye come into my room with a beaming countenance, and, assuming an air of devoted friendship, he made a great show of his feelings towards me.
He was received with a great show of humility, and all made their best obeisance.
So we come home in a great showof bravery and swagger about in our brass-bound uniform and lie finely about the fine times we had .
There was no sign of further hostilities; he was working the yarns with a great show of industry, and was whistling dolefully the while.
We reached camp abreast and were challenged by the sentries, who made a great show of standing guard.
So let Yerkes make a great show of looking for land to settle on.
When he drew rein he dismounted and kneeled in the road before the King, with a great show of respect.
Then I made a great show of granting her pardon, that I might have a good reason for a certain show of tenderness.
Herr Shrumpf, conscious that he was on rather delicate ground, and remembering that he was already in bad odor with the police authorities, assumed a great show of generosity.
Mrs. Shongut made a great show of dragging the room's furniture back into place; unpinning the lace curtains and draping them carefully in their folds; drawing chairs across the carpet until the casters squealed; uncovering the piano.
His fingers fumbled with excitement and fell to strapping and buckling with a great show and a great ineffectually.
He tossed a yellowback bill lightly into her lap, and she made a great show of rejecting it, even pushing it toward him across the table and to the floor.
A man looking at him must perceive that his mind was keen and subtle, which made his quietness, when he was angry, more terrible than a great show of wrath.
The gun-deck ports were closed, but on the main deck was a great show of ordnance with new carriages and new yellow breechings.
But the Fox lapped it up easily, and, to increase the disappointment of the Stork, made a great show of enjoyment.
Without being asked, the Lion placed himself at the head of the feast to do the carving, and, with a great show of fairness, began to count the guests.
So he made a great show of looking anxiously about, as if in fear of some hidden enemy.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "great show" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
