window dressing

Example Sentences

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Major League Baseball’s official app, long one of my favorites, has gradually surrounded baseball scores and video with window dressing that has made the app feel heavier.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026

“I think that irrational exuberance that we saw in the dot com era … is just window dressing to cloak what, to me, is normalizing an addictive behavior in our society,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

In “Undertone,” all of the horror tropes are window dressing — elements to stimulate the eye while Tuason plays with the ear.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

"I am not here for window dressing," she declares.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

I was window dressing in case someone came by.

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed