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 Ozaki, Yei Theodora

Thy false tears that me aggrievèd, First of all my trust deceivèd.

From Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles Phillis - Licia by Crow, Martha Foote