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

If it were our Barker who sat there his dissemblance was remarkable.

From Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others by Bangs, John Kendrick

In truth it seems that too often a girl must dissemble—hateful as dissemblance in men.

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

For, this infinite varietie and dissemblance of lustres, makes a face so wan, so il-favored, and so uglie, in respect of theirs, that they lose much more than gaine thereby.

From Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian by Various