Sentence examples for were for show from inspiring English sources

Clearly, his movements were for show, almost didactic.

In that same way, some pieces felt as if they were for show, too.

With some tablets the answers are stated without any explanation, giving the impression that they were for show, a possession designed to make the owner seem an academic.

Recently, though, a second suggestion has surfaced that rather than for fighting, the domes were for show; the dinosaur equivalent of a peacock's tail.

A new, huge open kitchen is churning out loaves of brioche and white and brown bread as if they were for show, which presumably they aren't.

These recent attacks in Kabul, he said, were for show.

One wondered what his reasons were for showing so much sang-froid at such great length.

Some are for show.

Everything else is for show.

"They think it's for show.

"The smile will just be for show".