Sentence examples for any veneer from inspiring English sources
Any veneer that the G20 in Turkey was going to be about the economy was dumped.
We were told at numerous briefings that any veneer of prosperity in Kosovo was almost entirely due to international aid and remittances from Kosovars working abroad, but this could not entirely dispel the spirit of optimism we encountered.
During all of this relative calm it's almost possible to forget what Mr. Lehane can ignite when tempers mount, storms gather, and unimaginably savage violence ruptures any veneer of civilized society.
With senior Anglophone crew members and passengers, we've wrestled (and argued) with old-school attitudes on race, religion and gender equality from perspectives unpolished with any veneer of political correctness.
They hurl themselves into impetuous slides, skim across the stage in nimble footwork, push their way urgently backward on all fours, shimmer in turning or bobbing jumps — and yet, amid the formal structures, always keep an informal quality, never letting the steps acquire any veneer of academicism.
And yet he also shows his American fighting man without any veneer: at times selfless, resourceful and kind, at others thoughtless, crude and devoid of tact or empathy towards the local population".In the Company of Soldiers", a war diary of the 101st Airborne Division's experiences during the Iraq war, brings to life the lot of the common soldier.
But that's not all due to Katrina – she just washed away any remaining veneer that might have concealed those underlying trends, leaving a city in disarray.
Facebook is a bottomless can of industrial strength Ronseal that strips away any lingering veneer of faith in human nature.
I prefer my politicians without a veneer, of any sort.
The choice of Mr Kiselev as the face of Russian propaganda abroad is a sign that Mr Putin no longer sees any need to preserve even a veneer of European values.
Their participation in a system that is deliberately punitive – one that is not designed to heal but to damage – validates the regime, giving it a veneer of legitimacy it does not, on any objective assessment, deserve.
