shew

How to use shew in a sentence

• The sun when he appeareth shewing forth at his rising, an admirable instrument, the work of the most High.

  The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various

• Bell and Morris here print elde with a capital letter, shewing that they did not make out the sense.

  Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey Chaucer

• Do not be fond of shewing my letter; the playful effusions of friendship would be construed by strangers as gross vanity.

  Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward Gibbon

• The whole of Kerguelen seemed to burst like a bomb-shell with a blaze of light shewing islands and sea.

  The Beach of Dreams | H. De Vere Stacpoole

• He wrote a nonsensical rhapsody, called the Angelical Guide, shewing men and women their lot and chance in this elementary life.

  The Book of Curiosities | I. Platts