Sentences with phrase «sake of appearances»

Yet, busyness for the sake of appearance is the road to an empty mental, emotional, physical tank of energy.

For the sake of appearances we do say long prayers.

They are nothing more than criminals in white crinkly clothes, always ready to cover up their crimes no matter how grossly heinous or outrageous... all for the sake of appearances.

I believe that most of those who identify as some form of Christian only do so out of obligation, for the sake of appearances.

Jesus chose to stand in that line, criticizing the scribes who «devour widows» houses and for the sake of appearance say long prayers» (Mark 12:40; Luke 20:47; cf. Isa.

They want me to keep talking for the sake of appearances, but they do not want to hear.»

I believe a majority of at least those who identify as some form of Christian only do so out of obligation, for the sake of appearances.

So he'll moan and groan a bit for the sake of appearance..

More please, starting with the ultra-orthodox rabbis who have been sacrificing children for the sake of appearances.

Rather than disseminate the idea that a woman would choose to have an abortion for the sake of her appearance, she said, the media should focus its attention on women who are unable to «access an abortion because of state laws.»

They run a local diner for the sake of appearances.

In publicity material, Yugo notes 21 changes, ranging from recalibrating the carburetor and modifying the valve guides for better performance to changing the hubcaps for the sake of appearance.

In my opinion, any anatomical structure that compromises a dog's health in this way should be changed by breeders — most certainly not «preserved» for the sake of appearance.

When training your puppy, or just calling for your buddy from one side of the room to another, chances are you won't want to be bogged down by a four - syllable name, just for the sake of appearances.

And it's not necessarily outrageous that they hired someone without giving internal candidates a chance to apply; if they knew that no current employees would be real contenders (and there are many situations where that's legitimately the case), that's reasonable for them to do, rather than going through the motions for the sake of appearances.

You might try a series of equal signs ====== or tildes / squigglies ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ for the sake of appearance.

Although I'm not suggesting you manufacture something for the sake of appearance, I don't think it's unreasonable to ask that you be sensitive to discrimination.