dissemblance

Example Sentences

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Diana’s story is, for better and worse, the ultimate proof that glamour is not the same as happiness; indeed, it is an art of dissemblance.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2021

For “The Water Diviner,” his muddled directorial debut about love in the time of war and dissemblance, Russell Crowe wanted to go full David Lean while nodding at Peter Weir’s “Gallipoli.”

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2015

If it were our Barker who sat there his dissemblance was remarkable.

From Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others by Bangs, John Kendrick

The "cold disdain" is real, not assumed, and there is no "dissemblance of feminine affection."

From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus

"I see where you are heading, but——" "I do not like dissemblance, Stephen," she warned.

From Then I'll Come Back to You by Evans, Larry