veneer

Example Sentences

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There was something else that academics offered Epstein beyond a veneer of respectability: access.

From The Wall Street Journal

I prefer transactions with no veneer of bonhomie or friendship, no wine bottle on the kitchen counter with a note: “We hope you enjoy the place as much as we do.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From BBC

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

Beneath the pretty veneer of Knysna - which is also retirement haven for more affluent South Africans - its water system is on the brink of collapse.

From BBC