veneer

• He is the first who has found the livid veneer, the pale complexion of distinguished company which causes all his heroes to be recognized. —  Balzac
• But virtually all 10 tunes here share the same threadbare twilit veneer, and it causes the album to feel far longer than its 46 minutes. —  Pitchfork: Latest News
• Several authors have pointed out that radical Jews saw themselves as participating in a universalist movement to establish a classless society for all people; and because of this universalist veneer, they thought that their Jewishness would be invisible to others, or at least irrelevant. —  Chicago Indymedia
• What people do not seem to see behind this veneer is the steadfast adherence to the basic tenets of the board's constitution by the two. —  Top Stories - Google News
• "Do you think it a pretty name Very," he said, laughing Underlying the Western veneer was the fascinating naivete of the Eastern woman, and Miska had all the suave grace, too, which belongs to the women of the Orient, so that many admiring glances followed her charming figure as she crossed the room to a vacant table Now," said Stuart, when he had given an order to the waiter, "what do you want to tell me? —  The Golden Scorpion

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