skin-deep
Example Sentences
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But the most spirited discussions at Cannes are over whether the movie is trenchant or skin-deep.
From New York Times • May 22, 2024
Studies exploring skin-deep resilience have found evidence of a health toll in outwardly resilient young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds, including higher risk of inflammation, immune cell aging, metabolic disorders, and chronic disease.
From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024
Solidarity with the brave people of Ukraine has reminded us all what is possible when empathy is really felt, but it will be bittersweet if our solidarity is really just skin-deep.
From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2022
Perhaps the biggest shift in gangs is skin-deep — urban white-ethnic neighborhood-based gangs like the Jets no longer really exist.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2021
Maybe it would just be melodrama, a skin-deep slash or two, her old theatricality; though perhaps theatrical people are not less risky, but more.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
