He contrived to keep up appearances to a certain extent before Rushton.
Kuroneko's acquaintances always manage to find her with the worst possible timing, putting her ability to keep up appearances and make up excuses to the test.
At home he didn't have to keep up appearances.
Though she is not well-off, she tries to keep up appearances.
Put on airs;show off;keep up appearances
In order to keep up appearances, they borrowed a lot of money to give a big wedding party.
It must be great to be rich and let other people keep up appearances.
If you're reliable but never keep up appearances, you will be thought unreliable by most.
We live in a society driven by looks and the ability to keep up appearances.
He bought the saloon car to keep up appearances.
To Put on Airs; to show off; to keep up appearance