false front

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In one scene, the girls meet up at a bar to chat about their day, but he’s shown us that they’re both putting up a false front.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 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

And his wedge to the 16th didn’t carry the false front and ran 70 feet back to the fairway.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2023

He learned to be cordial to everyone—a sophisticated and ultimately false front.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson