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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
- ...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
- They stood in the yard studying the facade. The handmade brick of the house...Cormac McCarthy -- The Road
- our Los Angeles headquarters, a series of bridge-linked buildings with mirrored facades,Don DeLillo -- Underworld
- 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
- "Yesterday's news," I tell Lucky, keeping up the cool facade I always do.Simone Elkeles -- Perfect Chemistry
- 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
facade = face (of a building)
facades = faces
facade = face or visible appearance
facades = faces (exterior walls)
facade = face (of the building)
facade = face (shown to others)