shew
[ shoh ]
/ ʃoʊ /
verb (used with or without object), noun shewed, shewn, shew·ing,
an archaic spelling of show. QUIZ
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How to use shew in a sentence
Barry showed me his room—a one bedroom with a killer view of Riverbank State Park and the Hudson.
Everyone showed lots of skin and courtship perfumed the air.
When the police showed up, it was the property owners who were arrested.
Another picture showed him surrounded by a dozen or so fighters—some masked and others laughing.
And Asians also showed a shift toward the GOP in the mid-terms.
Vain also was the valour and ability he showed in the campaign against the Royalists in La Vende.
Charred beams and blackened walls showed stark and gaunt in the glow of a smoldering mass of wreckage.
At Felipe's cry, the women waiting in the hall hurried in, wailing aloud as their first glance showed them all was over.
And sure enough when Sunday came, and the pencil was restored to him, he promptly showed nurse his picture.
The little boy of two, often quoted here, showed a punctilious feeling for order in the placing of things.
British Dictionary definitions for shew
verb shews, shewing, shewed, shewn (ʃəʊn) or shewed
an archaic spelling of show Derived forms of shew
shewer, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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