The written word couldn't show his true feelings, but it was the best he could do.

We can't get much of a mental picture from this because the words don't show what he was feeling (except for pleasure).

Yet his own words showed a knowledge of this terrain.

His words showed me how closely my movements had been followed, but I was not going to give in without a fight.

His next words showed her exactly who held the reins.

"I wanted to use Fox's own words and images to show exactly what they do," he says.

Her first words showed that she had already sensed my concern.

What words in the first sentence show that it is not the beginning of the story?

The last words showed he'd taken control of himself again.

The third word of the first line showed "one" between two unidentified letters.