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

See thy cheek flush at the false tears he shed, And proudly turn away the languid head, With mingled anger, sorrow, and disdain, That he should dare to tempt thy love again!

From Vignettes in Verse by Betham, Matilda

So she went at once to her husband, and wiping away some false tears she said in a sad voice: "Please give me permission to leave you today."

From Japanese Fairy Tales by Ozaki, Yei Theodora