How to Use for show in a Sentence

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• Most of the buildings are just for show with a few props inside.
  — Libertina Brandt and Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2022
• Role of carrier strike groups The big guns are not just for show.
  — Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2023
• For many of their owners these cars aren’t just for show of for weekend jaunts.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 16 Jan. 2023
• But worst of all, the federal death penalty is just for show.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2021
• The idea is to avoid displaying things purely for show.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2023
• Decor should withstand and be part of the activity of a home; rooms aren't just for show.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2023
• Head-to-toe black tailoring was the go-to look for show goers this season.
  — Vogue, 12 July 2022
• The other corgis were all one to two years [old], but they'd never been trained at all except for show dogs.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 22 Nov. 2022
• Make sure that these aren't just for show but are platforms where real change can be birthed from any level.
  — Daniyal Zafar, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• But that meeting was simply for show, a fact clear to anyone watching.
  — Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
• While there can be some sincere outrage over Trump’s callous flip-flop in an election year, most of the feigned shock is for show.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
• Still, the way to the nomination is via delegates, and so the Feb. 6 primary is just for show.
  — Mark Murray, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2023
• In the cold open of the sixth episode, a student in Melissa’s (Lisa Ann Walter) class brings the star to the school for show and tell after spotting him buying a hoagie across the street.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 May 2024
• It’s been a getaway for show business people for almost as long.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022
• That honor belonged to rock-hard short-rib tacos served on an unlit tabletop grill for show.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Sep. 2021
• The Police Department said its mandate wasn’t just for show.
  — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2022
• Though the woven buckle is just there for show, its comfortable faux leather straps will keep your feet firmly in place all day and night.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
• Even more ingenious, the eye-catching, billowing roofs are not just for show.
  — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2022
• This move is mostly for show ahead of the big debate with regulators today.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• Social media jumped in, even suggesting the announcement was all for show.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 10 Feb. 2023
• Critics say Russia’s elections are mostly just for show.
  — Keir Simmons, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
• A certain amount of it is necessary for transportation purposes, but much of it is just for show, with no way to opt out of being in the audience.
  — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 22 Nov. 2021
• The tech giant is receiving $25 million in state incentives for show, which stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
• Though some might be more comfortable with an air kiss or hug, hanging mistletoe (even for show) is one of the oldest Christmas traditions out there.
  — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2023
• These modes aren't just for show, either; there are demonstrable differences in each setting.
  — Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 6 July 2023
• Now Édouard Louis will repeat that validation for show after show, tour stop after tour stop.
  — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 22 May 2022
• In American suburbs spawned in the post-war era, sidewalks largely existed for show.
  — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 21 June 2022
• This calls into serious question whether other forms of radar can detect the boats, too, and whether or not their stealthy lines are actually just for show.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 Oct. 2021
• 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.
  — Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• Any pretense of a corporate response is just for show, and everyone seems to understand that except for Shiv.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Oct 2024