How to Use show someone in a Sentence

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  • Any attempts to show someone your worth might now trip you up.
    Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2022
  • The best way to know this is to show someone the lyrics and see if the person — without your help or cues — can figure out how to sing them.
    Washington Post, 10 June 2021
  • None of the three clips show someone saying the vulgarities claimed in the post caption.
    Ana Faguy, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The clip appears to show someone unleashing the dog along the roadside while a driver waits in a nearby Jeep.
    Fox News, 25 July 2021
  • Tomporos says records show someone else already tried to trademark that, and failed.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Perfect for a hostess gift or a little something to show someone in your life some love, the under $50 mark is always a safe bet.
    Laura Jackson, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Photographs released by police show someone with what appeared to be a badge on the front of his shirt or jacket.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The moral of Bliss is that experiencing the goodness of life, even for a moment, can show someone just how bad things have gotten.
    Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 8 Feb. 2021
  • Moments later, a black car also turns out of the parking lot and appears to show someone who hangs halfway out of a side window.
    Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Other images show someone appearing to try and stab a man sitting down with a sharp object.
    Fox News, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Prosecutors said videos from neighbors show someone riding a bicycle in the area between both homes in the days leading to the killing.
    Mark Guarino, ABC News, 30 May 2023
  • Prosecutors said videos from neighbors show someone riding a bicycle in the area between both homes in the days leading to the killing.
    Mark Guarino, ABC News, 30 May 2023
  • Records show someone with her name living in a shelter for women who might otherwise have been homeless.
    Anna Schaverien, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The video appears to show someone pretending to be law enforcement in an effort to gain access to a classroom where students and staff were hiding.
    Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The chief said video from highway cameras, which only show someone getting out of the driver’s side door of Russell’s car, has been sent to the FBI for enhancement analysis.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 28 July 2023
  • Sharing your screen is an easy way to give a tutorial or show someone something on your computer.
    Juliana Labianca, Good Housekeeping, 27 May 2020
  • And even if prosecutors can show someone didn’t act in self-defense, Gill said, that work is essentially erased at trial.
    Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Records show someone used Hamercheck’s ID badge to swipe into a room where officials say the data was taken several times during the May 4 primary election this year.
    Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2021
  • The affidavit filed in court does not mention a video or photos reviewed by law enforcement that show someone taking a computer or hard drive from Pelosi’s office.
    Anchorage Daily News, 18 Jan. 2021
  • The affidavit filed in court does not mention a video or photos reviewed by law enforcement that show someone taking a computer or hard drive from Pelosi's office.
    Hannah Knowles, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2021
  • There are religious carvings on the walls that show someone being disemboweled.
    Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Surveillance videos show someone, allegedly Cross, entering the stores, brandishing a knife or gun, and carrying out a robbery.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Trial prosecutors did not properly turn over evidence that could have helped defense lawyers show someone else might have killed Lee, Syed's advocates have said.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2023
  • One of the videos appears to show someone placing a flaming object inside a municipal garbage truck through a shattered front passenger-side window while the vehicle was parked at 56 Street and Sheridan Avenue on Aug. 23, officials said.
    Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Eric Trump tweeted a video, first pushed by an account associated with the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory, that purported to show someone burning ballots cast for his father.
    Anchorage Daily News, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The experience is an untethered free roam walk through rotoscoped environments that show someone dying.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • Representation in the workplace can show someone their value and give them confidence and assurance that they are respected and capable of performing at their highest level.
    Pamela Furr, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Public defender Tracy Pinnock urged jurors to consider inconsistencies between the prosecution’s narrative and the evidence presented that would show someone else committed the crime.
    Michelle Liu, orlandosentinel.com, 27 July 2021

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