false tears

Example Sentences

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In a statement Thursday, National Nurses United said that the hospital industry was “crying false tears ... when these untenable working conditions are entirely of their own making.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2021

My mother came over and said, "If you’re having a hard time, why don’t I have the makeup man put the false tears on your face?"

From Fox News • Mar. 20, 2021

Elinor was still looking at Capricorn, a blurred sight through the veil of her false tears.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

Beetle's false tears had ceased; McTurk, smiling, was on his feet.

From Stalky & Co. by Kipling, Rudyard

Sighs, smiles, false tears, they'll fain employ An artless lover to decoy.

From Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete by La Fontaine, Jean de