façade
Example Sentences
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"The humour is still there but we start to see cracks in the facade."
From BBC • May 19, 2026
“There’s this facade, but then there’s this whole world going on inside her head,” Mumolo said.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
While Metcalf’s Linda adopts a facade of stoicism to shield her family from the grief erupting in her, Abbott’s Biff is forced to reveal the broken man behind the defiant veneer.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
On the facade of an apartment block in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe, a giant mosaic depicting cosmonauts and engineers celebrates the scientific triumphs of the Soviet Union.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
I went down the back steps and out the basement door, then over to Commons—its red brick facade flat as a stage backdrop against the empty sky—and called Henry from the pay phone.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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The Great Gatsby
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"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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