veneer

Example Sentences

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Light streams in through almost panoramic windows onto pale leather seats and polished wood veneer.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

According to critics, this symbiosis creates a scientific veneer for state violence, allowing law enforcement to brand old tactics of containment and harassment as “precise” and “data-driven.”

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

They come with this veneer of society’s expectations and all of these things.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

But it strips away the sentimental veneer attaching fans to their college teams.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

On a low coffee table, with circular and semicircular stains bitten into the dark veneer, lay a few wilted numbers of Time and Life.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath