Word Finder - showed

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To display, to have somebody see (something).

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All he had to show for four years of attendance at college was a framed piece of paper.

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To bestow; to confer.

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To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.

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To guide or escort.

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Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.

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To be visible; to be seen; to appear.

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At length, his gloom showed.

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To put in an appearance; show up.

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We waited for an hour, but they never showed.

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To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.

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(racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.

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In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.

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To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.

He growled and showed his teeth.

He showed Cynthia the paper.

Very soon the green, pointed buds showed signs of opening.

The eyes and face of the sick man showed impatience.

The video game showed two holograms at once, a space battle and a land battle.

The anger showed clearly.

It showed no wear of time.

Closer study showed an occasional comma and apostrophe.

By the time Claudette showed up, I knew for sure.

It's taken thousands of years, but I'm glad you finally showed up.

It showed him in battle, his hardened body moving with unearthly speed and agility against enemies that were obscured.

Penny showed me how.

It wasn't anywhere near the size of Romas's, and the dwelling showed signs of wear and use.

She could count his ribs easily where they showed through the skin of his body, and his head was long and seemed altogether too big for him, as if it did not fit.

The Mangaboo people listened, but showed no great interest.

The sides of the tunnel showed before them like the inside of a long spy-glass, and the floor became more level.

The patches of grass were splinters of wood, and where neither grass nor sawdust showed was a solid wooden flooring.

She turned the leaves and showed them the strange letters.

Howie showed no signs of the anxiety he displayed on round one but his eagerness kept him awake.

Quinn, who remained silent most of the morning, showed increased interest.

Even Quinn showed more positive emotion than previously expressed.

Birth information showed her age at twenty-six.

His eyes were dark and warm like Bianca's, his frame just over six feet and still lanky, though he showed signs of starting to fill out.

The exasperation showed on Cynthia's face.

It was clean but showed fresh blood, and the abrasion looked painful.

We marked the way out of the mine but then he showed us he'd picked up our markings.

Short, dark hair framed a face with plain features that showed the signs of a lifetime of battle.

She assumed it was morning in her grogginess until a squinted peek at their clock showed two AM.

That's about the time you showed up.

It showed her nothing.

Hadn't they covered this the night they showed him the picture?

Incidentally, you showed some smarts not calling down to Georgia and getting lost in the cracker barrel.

The distant sky showed signs of growing lighter.

But he showed no sign of life as he took up his position in his corner, and desperation crept through her.

There was no time for Cynthia to talk to her husband, who was busy serving breakfast to the late sleepers while she showed Maria, by hand communication, the upstairs chores of Bird Song.

Martha showed little interest and had said hardly a word.

The Wolfman showed up in Mrs. Worthington's trunk and two of her friends, the gift shop owner included, reported a mummy and an assortment of armor.

If the Dawkins group had heard about Martha, none showed a lick of concern.

Dean showed his irritation.

She was happy and healthy, and it showed.

Andre showed no emotion, didn't even seem to see her.

Like, seriously, bit me, she said and showed him the two small scars.

So he showed me what he can do.

He acted as regent in 1183, but he showed some incapacity in the struggle with Saladin, and was deprived of all right of succession.

Helland-Hansen and Nansen showed later that it was improbable that variations in the northerly drift of Atlantic water could be traced directly to variations in the quantity of heat received by the sea from solar radiation.

The political ineptitude of James is clear; he often showed firmness when conciliation was needful, and weakness when resolution alone could have saved the day.

Then when once across the stream it was discovered that unlike the normal slopes in the district the hillside in front of them showed a slight convexity under cover of which they were able to re-form in regular order.

The battle of Langensalza (June 27th) showed that the risks Moltke deliberately accepted when he transferred so many of the western troops to the Bohemian frontier were by no means imaginary, for v.

The new master, however, showed no desire to be conciliatory, and as war appeared inevitable, he made strenuous efforts to secure allies, and carried on tedious negotiations with the emperor Maximilian I.

Damasus showed great zeal in discovering the tombs of martyrs, adorning them with precious marbles and monumental inscriptions.