Sentence examples for mere facade from inspiring English sources

These non sequiturs don't reveal some serious inner conflict; they're a mere facade, a catwalk display of harsh aggressiveness that we now can recognize as very 1980s.

She understands that the ingratiating persona presented to the world is not a mere facade, but an important part of the story.

The coalition assembled by the Obama administration to fight ISIS, with the exception of a few Western powers, is not up to the task but rather a mere facade to obscure the reality.

Prudence is often associated with excess concern about the appearance of right and wrong, but true prudence is concerned with the heart of that which is right and not some mere facade of morality.

In Mosca's writings all forms of government appear as mere facades for oligarchy or the rule of a political "elite" that centres power in its own hands.

Consider the well-known case of barn-facades: Henry drives through a rural area in which what appear to be barns are, with the exception of just one, mere barn facades.

He has become a mere figurehead, a facade".

The building's board voted unanimously to go beyond mere repairs and restore the facade to its original state.