facade

Example Sentences

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“Brats” is very much so “about the public facade of friendship,” notes McCarthy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

“The Complex” works instead by painstaking accretion—or rather, by erosion, recording in granular detail all the lies and violations that eat away at the Chopras’ respectable facade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The remaining facade of the building is now in a state of "ongoing and uncontrolled collapse", according to the city council.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Only the facade of the building at the corner of Gordon Street and Union Street is left standing.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

I step back to study the hotel’s ornate and weathered facade.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin