skin-deep
Example Sentences
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Nikki, who has 10 million TikTok followers, told the BBC that fashion, beauty and lifestyle content can be seen as "skin deep" but her content challenges those perceptions.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025
These filaments also had earthly analogs, and Siegelman used Juno's detailed imagery to study whether this similarity to our planet's oceanic and atmospheric processes was merely skin deep.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024
This means the court majority’s modesty is only skin deep.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2024
To feel better, healthier and more connected, skin deep is a good place to start.
From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2023
A man cannot on a sudden emergency lift himself out of the circumstances in which he has been rooted, nor peel off his character as if it were only skin deep.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Dods, Marcus
