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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use skin deep in a sentence
It could be written off as largely cosmetic, but increasingly appears more than skin-deep.
"With residences as with—er—ladies, beauty is only skin deep," said he.
Tristram of Blent | Anthony HopeThe pride was only skin deep; the pluck was part of the heroic element in Annie.
A Houseful of Girls | Sarah Tytler
But if his words and writings are examined, it will be seen that this mobility was only skin-deep.
My Recollections of Lord Byron | Teresa GuiccioliPaul had been touched—a mere graze, skin deep, but still touched—by Helen Darcy's beauty and fascinations.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) | Charles James LeverIt is only later in life that ces demoiselles begin to find that their neighbour's beauty is but skin-deep.
The Isle of Unrest | Henry Seton Merriman
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