false tears
Example Sentences
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In a statement Thursday, National Nurses United said that the hospital industry was “crying false tears ... when these untenable working conditions are entirely of their own making.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2021
My mother came over and said, "If you’re having a hard time, why don’t I have the makeup man put the false tears on your face?"
From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2021
Elinor was still looking at Capricorn, a blurred sight through the veil of her false tears.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
The messenger laughed inwardly and thought, "The wicked monkey is now dropping false tears, but within a short time he shall shed real ones."
From Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki
But the impression had grown in me with the minutes that all this like everything else she did was false—false penitence, false contrition, false tears, false love and now false passion.
From Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment by George Gibbs
