false front

Example Sentences

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The false front is a bit of skullduggery that harks back to a world where conspiracy to escape detection was a part of everyday life.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2025

But honestly, it felt scarier to me in the beginning of my life not talking about it and just keeping everything inside and then having to put on this sort of false front.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2023

He’d pull out his false front tooth to show the result of a collision with a crossbar to amuse his three daughters at the kitchen table.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023

And then his wedge to the 16th came up just short enough to catch the false front and tumbled back into the fairway.

From Washington Times • Jan. 10, 2023

He snatched the camellias from Jean Louise and pinned them to her shoulder, glaring sternly at her false front.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee