false front
Example Sentences
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She looks for the truth while hiding behind a false front.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025
They are feeling the exhaustion of having to keep up a false front.
From Salon • May 3, 2023
And then his wedge to the 16th came up just short enough to catch the false front and tumbled back into the fairway.
From Washington Times • Jan. 10, 2023
Second, Yates takes dead aim at the false front that is the U.S.
From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2022
He learned to be cordial to everyone—a sophisticated and ultimately false front.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
