façade

Mocked by some as the “Darth Vader” façade for its bizarrely helmeted Roman soldiers, the Passion façade embodies the New Testament story of betrayal, suffering and transcendence in angular, expressionistic figures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

But step past the luxury façade into the basement, and the quiet disappears.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

And the occasional cracks in what might be called her monumental façade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Exposed rooms where families once lived can be seen, and Iranian flags fly from the shattered façade.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

But his anger was a façade, easily seen through after a few minutes of talking.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

The steady decrease in quality is unmistakable, and it’s perfectly conceivable that even a day-one Marvel enthusiast would feel the facade crumbling at some point.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

In one of their legendary acts, they tagged a facade of the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

One restaurant’s facade was covered in 7-foot portraits of the U.A.E.’s rulers and dozens of Emirati flags.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Munich's Allianz Arena is sculpted by thousands of diamond-shaped inflatable cushions, while Sydney's similarly named Allianz Stadium has a flatter facade smoothed with long bronze fins.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

At times like that, her cheerful facade would crack, and she’d start crying and confess to Lori that life in the streets could be hard, just really hard.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

He’d return with images of abandoned stairwells, dilapidated neon signage, Art Deco theater facades, boiler room control valves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

The contrast between restrained facades and secretive decoration gets to the heart of the Genoese mentality, says Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano, who divides his time between his native Genoa and Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Not only that, but a lot of “Love Story” takes place behind the public facades of Kennedy and Bessette, in the offices of Calvin Klein and inside Kennedy’s Tribeca loft.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Bogota Mayor Carlos Galan said on Blu Radio that damage in the national capital appeared to be limited to cracks in the facades of houses and buildings.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

Gogol is accustomed to the scenery, yet he still stares, at the short, dark men pulling rickshaws and the crumbling buildings side by side with fretwork balconies, hammers and sickles painted on their facades.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri