artifice

Example Sentences

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Some crafty artifice and a heap of negative space aren’t enough to fill the void left by a complete lack of narrative sense.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Sayers praised the art underlying the artifice, paraphrasing Aristotle on the practice of literary deception.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Social media has become increasingly artificial; there is so much artifice in our own profiles and the sites themselves.

From Slate • Dec. 14, 2025

The movie star’s mask of artifice briefly vanishes, and all that’s left is a puppy dog look of yearning, a sad acceptance that it’s too late to change certain things.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2025

This lack of artifice owes as much to the rousing arrangement of songs, which blend seamlessly together, as it does to Echevarri’s poignant narrative.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio