Sentence examples for the only artifice from inspiring English sources

One of his eyes had pale green eye shadow, with a strange, featherlike attachment on the eyelid, but this ocular adornment was the only artifice; Mr. Gutierrez's performing was remarkably natural.

Becoming a writer in a language that is not yours by birth, though, goes against nature; there is nothing organic in this process, only artifice.

The only hint of artifice comes from knocking on them and hearing a hollow report.

The only major concession to artifice was to have Mr. Neill's harater make the initial descent to the sub in the diving bell; in reality, Lieutenant commander Momsen remained topside during the operation.

The rub, of course, is that despite the painstakingly crafted artifice, the only person Rosenfeld's (possibly) fooling is himself.

While at this point it's widely acknowledged that much of what we see on reality TV is at least partially a performance, and therefore part artifice, Disick is the only one on the show who seems invested in stretching reality television as an art form.

Baudelaire, the apostle of artifice, said crime is the only luxury nature allows herself.

The approach was to concentrate all the action on the dog and the mare, their being the only elements shot with close-ups, and to keep artifice to a minimum.

All this is doubtful: "Pagliacci" is derived from French and Spanish plays, not from police reports, and the prologue only emphasizes the artifice.

The only way he could approach it was indirectly, by taking its conventions apart, exposing its artifice.

But Veda is more conventional than her mother and more of a performer; the only audience that interests her is male, and she sets out to upstage her mother with cunning and artifice.