How to Use show in a Sentence

show

1 of 2 verb

• You will have to show me how to play the game.
• He showed them a card trick.
• You have to show your tickets at the gate.
• They showed the theory to be faulty.
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• You're the only person that I've shown this letter to.
• The video did not show what may have provoked the throw.
  — Jake Adams, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2022
• And in the ninth inning, that process showed some progress.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2018
• The young man keeps trying to show him his video clip of the pepper spray.
  — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 17 Jan. 2021
• Ask your server to show you the grill, it’s on one end of the open kitchen.
  — Emma Balter, Chron, 16 Feb. 2022
• In this issue, the people about town show you the view from their side of the fence.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2021
• Though the footage does not show it, she too was later stabbed.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 3 June 2023
• The awards show will be available to stream the next day with Hulu.
  — al, 19 Nov. 2022
• What the numbers do show is that children are not immune to the virus.
  — Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, 26 June 2020
• At the same time, a few of the troubles that had eased in the past year show signs of resurfacing.
  — Don Stacom, courant.com, 15 Oct. 2021
• That’s not to say that the veterans never show signs of age.
  — Mike Tanier, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2020
• The nurse beside him nodded and rolled up his sleeve to show me a small burn scar of his own.
  — Bindu Bansinath, Bon Appétit, 8 Dec. 2020
• The cemetery is free to visit, open to the public and a great way to show your love for dogs.
  — Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2021
• Votto didn’t get a chance to show how well those changes could work right away.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 22 May 2022
• The awards show allows fans to vote for their favorite celebrities.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• What if this is one way for the company to show you its real face?
  — Dan Ariely, WSJ, 7 July 2022
• Press for the rule, force members to show their cards, reap the benefits.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 17 Feb. 2023
• Gallagher held an April hearing where the city and its lawyers did not show.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 18 June 2021
• Who better than mothers and babies to show us what that looks like?
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 7 Dec. 2020
• Damore would have to show that his memo was more than one man’s commentary.
  — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 30 Aug. 2017
• But a culture is hard to show-off in one job interview.
  — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 26 June 2022
• Now, three straight wins shows this is a dangerous team.
  — Josh Bean | [e-mail], al, 17 Sep. 2019
• Acree pulled out his phone to show the before and after of a headstone that had been cleaned this way.
  — Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2021
• Voters have a chance to show their frustration at the polls this election year.
  — Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2022
• Marvel didn’t show just trailers for movies during the event.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 1 Dec. 2022

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show

2 of 2 noun

• She was the star of the show.
• The band always puts on a good show.
• All of the hope in season one has been ground out of the show.
  — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 11 July 2018
• That holds true for each of the seven pop artists in the show.
  — Siobhan Morrissey, miamiherald, 4 Nov. 2017
• This is a show very much worth getting of the house for.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 28 June 2019
• The show did seem to be a flop compared to past years though.
  — Grace Donnelly, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2018
• Mr Trump explained the quid pro quo at the heart of the show.
  — The Economist, 12 July 2018
• Here, the women of the show give you a peek behind the scenes.
  — Jessica Pels, Marie Claire, 14 July 2017
• Yes, next week’s episode is such a huge episode of the show.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 15 Jan. 2019
• The show’s backdrop is a video in which the artist demonstrates the pieces.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2020
• Running out of shows to stream and things to talk about?
  — Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, 30 Mar. 2020
• We were meant to meet on that show, and that brought us here.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2022
• And people and fans argue that's not the first premise of the show.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2022
• The problem is fixed in a trice, and the show goes on without a hitch.
  — David Kirby, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2019
• This wouldn't be the first time that the show has made some major changes.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 4 May 2019
• Of course, fans don't have to say goodbye to the show just yet.
  — Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 27 Dec. 2022
• None of the show's celebrity judges were on hand for this round.
  — al, 20 Aug. 2019
• Check out the full list of last-call movies and shows for April.
  — Claire Dodson, Teen Vogue, 19 Mar. 2019
• The third level is about funding -- who pays for the work or the show?
  — Oscar Holland, CNN, 25 May 2021
• The good news is that the show has been renewed for three more seasons.
  — Erin Cavoto, Country Living, 5 Mar. 2020
• That new take was what attracted her to come back to the show.
  — Danielle Turchiano, Variety, 24 Aug. 2021
• But the most show-stopping part of the look dress has to be the daring cut-outs.
  — Seventeen, 29 Aug. 2022
• The show, shot more than a year ago now, was a first for Mardis.
  — cincinnati.com, 5 Dec. 2019
• The amount of upsets tonight have made this show feel so much fresher.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 21 June 2021
• Start times for the show are around dusk at many locations.
  — Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News, 26 June 2020
• The show’s dozen episodes amount to 12 stages of grief.
  — New York Times, 10 Dec. 2020
• Cassie dressing like Maddy is a joke in the show as well.
  — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2022
• This show wouldn't have been the same without his unique sense of humor.
  — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 21 Jan. 2022
• This is about as big a theme for a show of paintings as ever there was.
  — Peter Plagens, WSJ, 7 July 2018
• You were cast for this huge show and boom, thrown into the spotlight.
  — Regina Cho, Billboard, 13 July 2018

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024