show-through

[ shoh-throo ]

noun

1. the visibility through paper of what is printed on the other side.
2. a measure of the opacity of a paper.

Word History and Origins

Origin of show-through¹

Noun use of verb phrase show through

Example Sentences

But you cannot deny that when you go you are experiencing the show through all of your senses.

From The Daily Beast

But to stop thinking that way and to see the show through a directorial lens is, I think, a good thing for the piece.

From The Daily Beast

For three seasons I personally navigated this show through the minefields of controversy.

From The Daily Beast

Sometimes Allen retools a hackneyed plot and the bones show through—not this time.

From The Daily Beast

Benioff: If HBO keeps us around, we hope to see this show through to the end.

From The Daily Beast

The mountains drew nearer, and other pale colours began to show through the scabious blue.

From Project Gutenberg

Where the sky was palest the new moon looked like a little gilt slit in the sky, letting the light of heaven show through.

From Project Gutenberg

A frosty dawn was just beginning to show through the single window that lighted up the little room.

From Project Gutenberg

The pine trees and the hill made a rather gloomy background, and the stars were just struggling to show through the dusk.

From Project Gutenberg

We wandered into rougher country, where the rocks begin to show through the surface, and scrub pine abounds.

From Project Gutenberg