façade

Example Sentences

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“Brats” is very much so “about the public facade of friendship,” notes McCarthy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Stirling told the BBC that she believed the UAE had detained people for filming missiles as they "want to maintain the facade that it is safe for tourists".

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

“The Complex” works instead by painstaking accretion—or rather, by erosion, recording in granular detail all the lies and violations that eat away at the Chopras’ respectable facade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

But Network Rail said the main high level station would remain closed for the rest of the week due to the "high level of instability" of the fire-damaged facade.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Fadi followed Zalmay and his father through the parking lot toward the blue and gold tiled facade of the mosque.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai