skin-deep
Example Sentences
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More central than the gross-out factor is a wry statement of disability pride, a reminder that swagger needn’t be skin-deep.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025
Studies exploring skin-deep resilience have found evidence of a health toll in outwardly resilient young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds, including higher risk of inflammation, immune cell aging, metabolic disorders, and chronic disease.
From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024
Solidarity with the brave people of Ukraine has reminded us all what is possible when empathy is really felt, but it will be bittersweet if our solidarity is really just skin-deep.
From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2022
Is it a surprise, then, that for the first time in the show, the performances, under Marc Bruni’s otherwise hectic and skin-deep direction, strike real notes and admit real feeling?
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2021
Maybe it would just be melodrama, a skin-deep slash or two, her old theatricality; though perhaps theatrical people are not less risky, but more.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
