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Discover LudwigThe phrase "false smile" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which someone is pretending to be happy, but in reality they are unhappy. For example, "The discouraged student could not hide her feelings behind her false smile."
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Bradley got out with a faint, false smile.
Is it a false smile, one that may portend harm?
He turned toward Charlotte, giving her a false smile.
He's rather gross in general — heavy-featured, and with a wide, false smile.
A false smile and desperate need to get through the day quickly.
A false smile through gritted teeth was the best that I could offer in response.
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Her sense of claustrophobia spills out in internal monologue: "False smiles turning uglier.
In our false smiles you may read, as I do, some kind of bracing for the ordeal that lies ahead.
Adassinsky keeps prodding Yarovaya to turn for the audience; they cut between false smiles for their public, and seething resentment to each other.
The words I uttered seemed like false smiles I was displaying at a party I'd gone to against my will.
Impatience with the superficialities of spin makes it essential that Gordon Brown forgets about false smiles, weak jokes and pastel-coloured ties.
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