dissemblance

Example Sentences

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Diana’s story is, for better and worse, the ultimate proof that glamour is not the same as happiness; indeed, it is an art of dissemblance.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2021

For “The Water Diviner,” his muddled directorial debut about love in the time of war and dissemblance, Russell Crowe wanted to go full David Lean while nodding at Peter Weir’s “Gallipoli.”

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2015

And always, Always a girl has to pretend that never did she descend to dissemblance.

From Hints for Lovers by Haultain, T. Arnold (Theodore Arnold)

The incomparable treachery of Pontiac in endeavoring to secure the Fort by dissemblance of friendship was further evidenced by his pretence at a truce.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by Rudd, John

As this latter animal is quite one-third head, he has no very great dissemblance to the alligator in this particular.

From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore