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false tears
noun as in crocodile tears
Example Sentences
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.”
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?"
Her mother suggested the makeup man could just add false tears on her face, then added, “But June is such a great, great actress. She always cries on cue.”
So spare us White House counselor Kellyanne Conway’s false tears because “nobody likes seeing babies ripped from their mother’s arms.”
Elinor was still looking at Capricorn, a blurred sight through the veil of her false tears.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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