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face or visible appearance

Beneath the facade of ideology was an individual who wanted absolute power.

Its fantasy was heightened by its red brick facade and the thick steel bars at its ecclesiastical windows.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

facade = face (of a building)

...the setting sun is feverishly beautiful, casting a striking pink glow on the facades of the clapboard houses that dot the water's edge.
Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake

facades = faces

They stood in the yard studying the facade. The handmade brick of the house...
Cormac McCarthy -- The Road

facade = face or visible appearance

our Los Angeles headquarters, a series of bridge-linked buildings with mirrored facades,
Don DeLillo -- Underworld

facades = faces (exterior walls)

I saw the cathedral and walked up toward it. The first time I ever saw it I thought the facade was ugly but I liked it now.
Ernest Hemingway -- The Sun Also Rises

facade = face (of the building)

"Yesterday's news," I tell Lucky, keeping up the cool facade I always do.
Simone Elkeles -- Perfect Chemistry

facade = face (shown to others)

When the crown facade of the aerie topples onto the broken heap, there is an awed silence.
Susan Ee -- Angelfall
They had stopped in front of Taki's, with its sagging roof and windowless facade.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Ashes
The brick facade of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour glistened with dew as we said our good-byes.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
Several of the figures were eating directly off the facades.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
EXIT The roar shook the whole facade of the hotel.
Stephen King -- The Shining
The stone facade of the house.
Mitch Albom -- Tuesdays with Morrie
The cheeriness of the place now seemed ominous, a facade hiding a darker truth.
Amy Tan -- The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Democrats, however, were jubilant—although concealing their glee behind a facade of shocked indignation.
John F. Kennedy -- Profiles in Courage
And Valentine's voice cracked, the first time Clary had ever heard a flaw in the smooth, unruffled facade of that voice.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Glass
And now turning round, she once more saw the impassive chateau, with the park, the gardens, the three courts, and all the windows of the facade.
Gustave Flaubert -- Madame Bovary
The Twins abruptly dropped their facade of smiles.
Christopher Paolini -- Eragon
The houses were in the colonial style, with red brick facades, black clapboard shutters.
Warren St. John -- Outcasts United
But each time I did, I just saw her steely, professional facade, and I wondered how I could have been so mistaken.
Sarah Dessen -- The Truth About Forever

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