false tears
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In a statement Thursday, National Nurses United said that the hospital industry was “crying false tears ... when these untenable working conditions are entirely of their own making.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2021
My mother came over and said, "If you’re having a hard time, why don’t I have the makeup man put the false tears on your face?"
From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2021
Elinor was still looking at Capricorn, a blurred sight through the veil of her false tears.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
And now true pity in exchange he finds For his false tears, his tongue his hands unbinds.
From Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham by Sir John Denham
Beetle's false tears had ceased; McTurk, smiling, was on his feet.
From Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling
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