fakery
Example Sentences
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I think there are versions of real love in the show, and then there's also that kind of on-camera love, that kind of fakey “my loves” sort of address.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2024
Bethany: The CGI made the bear anti-fearsome, as did the really fakey looking gore, and what’s with the redhead from “Modern Family” turning up in that wig?
From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2023
It’s only 21 percent polyethylene—barely half our pick’s percentage—and up close, the fakey PVC needles that make up most of its foliage are pretty obvious.
From Slate • Nov. 23, 2018
The micro-budget horror-comedy “Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies” isn’t all that scary or original, and its cheap make-up and fakey digital gore effects are more awful than awesome.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2018
“Leave me alone,” Natalie says in a whiny, fakey voice, as if that’s how I sounded.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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