false front
Example Sentences
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When a character isn’t what they seem, making the false front too emotionally relatable is counterproductive; the viewer, using myself as an example, will feel cheated, annoyed.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026
Winthrop’s old-timey appearance today is a false front, to a degree.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023
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
He learned to be cordial to everyone—a sophisticated and ultimately false front.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
