false front
Example Sentences
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The false front is a bit of skullduggery that harks back to a world where conspiracy to escape detection was a part of everyday life.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2025
He’d pull out his false front tooth to show the result of a collision with a crossbar to amuse his three daughters at the kitchen table.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023
They are feeling the exhaustion of having to keep up a false front.
From Salon • May 3, 2023
And then his wedge to the 16th came up just short enough to catch the false front and tumbled back into the fairway.
From Washington Times • Jan. 10, 2023
He learned to be cordial to everyone—a sophisticated and ultimately false front.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
