dissemblance

Example Sentences

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Diana’s story is, for better and worse, the ultimate proof that glamour is not the same as happiness; indeed, it is an art of dissemblance.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2021

For “The Water Diviner,” his muddled directorial debut about love in the time of war and dissemblance, Russell Crowe wanted to go full David Lean while nodding at Peter Weir’s “Gallipoli.”

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2015

The "cold disdain" is real, not assumed, and there is no "dissemblance of feminine affection."

From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus

And always, Always a girl has to pretend that never did she descend to dissemblance.

From Hints for Lovers by Haultain, T. Arnold (Theodore Arnold)

She believed dissemblance necessary, and so she had no hesitation in dissembling.

From The Tigress by Warner, Anne