facade
Example Sentences
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The building, with its limestone facade, took up an entire city block.
In New Canaan, Conn., where Philip Johnson’s iconic Glass House is located, two Manhattanites renovated a Midcentury Modern home with a lattice work facade and pyramid skylights.
Mr Jones also criticises the fact the guidelines only deal with the exterior facades of buildings - covering cladding and insulation issues.
From BBC
But elevated diction is one of the facades behind which “Call the Midwife” pretends to be a TV program so gentle and mild.
This would lead to the creation of the Wacky Soap Box Racers, in which the makeshift cars would careen through painted facades of cartoon-ish animals cheering on the guests.
From Los Angeles Times
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