false face

Example Sentences

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But, Dargis wrote, 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 • Feb. 14, 2022

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