Sentence examples for be window from inspiring English sources
noun
An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
"It appears to be window dressing.
"Those rah-rah exercises will just be window dressing".
"Now it's going to be window- shopping," Mr. Dempsey said.
"He's already working on a specific transaction and said he didn't want to be window dressing".
"These other options for fisherman have to be real; they can't just be window dressing".
"He's a very shrewd fellow who doesn't want to be window dressing.
And Mr. Whitacre bristles at the suggestion that this could all just be window-dressing wrapped around the Ameritech acquisition.
On a weekday morning in early July, the place was virtually empty, and such visitors as there were seemed to be window-shopping rather than buying.
In time there would be window-mounted air-conditioners to drip on people on the sidewalk below (or fall out and cause injuries).
"We want the World Cup to not just be window-dressing but a shop window for cricket at the highest level".
Many of them may be window-shopping: the Woodland Trust, whose work is admirable, has stated this week it has no money.
