veneer
Example Sentences
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They didn’t do that because they wanted to have the trappings and the veneer of making it look as if it were a real federal case.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
It’s a manufactured veneer of hyper-competence that he can rattle off whenever he is confronted about his personal misconduct.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
The shingles of cucumber add texture and a veneer of virtue.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
While Metcalf’s Linda adopts a facade of stoicism to shield her family from the grief erupting in her, Abbott’s Biff is forced to reveal the broken man behind the defiant veneer.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Third, when Washington talked about independence from foreign nations, his understanding of what American independence entailed cut much deeper than the patriotic veneer customarily suggested by the term.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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