false face
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She added that “Pitt’s soulful, nuanced performance — which becomes incrementally more externalized and visible, as if McBride were shedding a false face — holds the film together even when it starts to fray.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2020
But the most notable false face in Eighth Grade is the veneer of expertise Kayla assumes as part of her YouTube persona.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2018
You can wear a false face in displaying good manners toward someone you secretly despise.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2016
“The urge to save humanity is almost always a false face for the urge to rule it.”
From Forbes ● Jul. 4, 2014
But to some other thing that longed for authenticity, for a right to be in this place, effortlessly without needing to acquire a false face, a laughless grin, a talking posture.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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