Sentence examples for behind the window dressing from inspiring English sources

Idiom

Window dressing.

If something is done to pretend to be dealing with an issue or problem, rather than actually dealing with it, it is window dressing.

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Unlike, say, The Tree of Life, the fragmented character moments sprinkled throughout this cinematographer's ballet do not have the clarity or emotional punch to get out from behind the window dressing.

OverDrive provides the functionality behind the window dressing of many e-book sales sites on the web, including Yahoo! and Barnes & Noble.

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Women are the window dressing.

Nowadays, the Philharmonic doesn't bother with the window dressing.

But this, pardon the pun, was only the window dressing.

This year, the president dispensed with the window dressing.

Keep the window dressing light and short.

So why not strip away the window dressing?

By unspoken consent, the window dressing was stripped away.

But outside of the window dressing, it's not different.

It was suspected that safety concerns about the plant were merely window dressing to disguise the real motive behind the protests, which was to insure that India remained dependent on foreign investment.

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