Sentences with phrase «how keeping up appearances»

Ultimately, this is about a woman's place at this time; how tolerant they were expected to be and how keeping up appearances was at the forefront of their place within a fractured, consumerist environment.

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It's that whole «what will the neighbors think» mentality that results in too much time spent keeping up appearances, doing good works just so that you can be seen doing them, and worrying about how fabric choices in the new parish hall parlor will reflect on us as a congregation.

I will write more about the trip later and tell you how I ended up making an appearance on the Aladdin Broadway stage and how I went to a culinary college - but for now, I will keep my Friday Favorites brief.

Another miracle of the film is how well it keeps up with the characters, using the Battle of Hogwarts to greet old faces and introduce a few new troublemakers (Kelly Macdonald makes a memorable appearance as the ghostly Helena Ravenclaw).