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Meanings of window dressing in anglès

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A showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant.

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        Examples for "facade"
        1
        Stand in the left-hand corner of the Place to examine the facade.
        Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 / France and the Net...
        2
        Despite his facade of certainty, Lionel must be feeling the same way.
        Hell House
        3
        Across from it, the splendid facade of the New York Stock Exchange.
        New york: the novel
        4
        No, Highsmythe was a bundle of violence hiding behind a sculpted facade.
        The cold room
        5
        On the left is a terrace and the facade of the house.
        Ivanoff: A Play
        Usage of window dressing in anglès
        1
        The bird and the environment change, but it feels like window dressing.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Are your principles the true foundation of your life, or window dressing?
        Sisterhood of Dune
        3
        Only a few neutered captives are being kept on as window dressing.
        The Guardian
        4
        This sounds like window dressing, a sort of blame-shedding for Tory austerity.
        The Guardian
        5
        This is why in movies like Cliffhanger, climbing is mere window dressing.
        Rock and Ice Magazine
        6
        Consider creating a Zen-like environment at home through your choice of window dressing.
        The Irish Times
        7
        The several speakers who immediately followed Robert Turner were really just window dressing.
        The Complete Rama Omnibus
        8
        It was simply ceremonial window dressing for the tourists and the city authorities.
        Dante's numbers
        9
        So is all the hoo-ha about culture change just window dressing?
        The Guardian
        10
        Hypnotism was a show-man's flourish, window dressing for old-fashioned fisticuffs and detective work.
        Soon I will be invincible
        11
        Some women might miss what hid behind the charming window dressing.
        Deadly promises
        12
        Labour Party finance spokesperson Grant Robertson called the law the ultimate in window dressing.
        Radio NZ
        13
        Murphy believes Irish businesses have moved beyond window dressing and that policies are implemented.
        The Irish Times
        14
        These innovative features augmented by Amazon's hardware development and services aren't just window dressing.
        Wired
        15
        Kind of like window dressing, to make us look good.
        Amazing grace
        16
        One song sung at graduation was window dressing at best.
        This child will be great
        Translations for window dressing
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