| My parents, brothers, and sisters would be here, so we had to keep up appearances. |
| The residents of tree-lined avenues in Surrey will probably start petitioning to have higher charges to keep up appearances. |
| But to keep up appearances, perhaps for the benefit of us tourists, a ridiculous play is acted out. |
| Her boyfriend had dumped her, the staff at the newspaper had bailed on her, yet still she managed to keep up appearances, as if nothing was wrong. |
| The singer feigns ignorance, and makes a valiant if contradictory effort to keep up appearances. |
| They despise each other, but of course must keep up appearances in front of the sensitive young mistress. |
