Examples of 'potemkin village' in a sentence
Meaning of "potemkin village"
potemkin village - an impressive facade or show designed to hide an undesirable fact or condition, often used metaphorically to describe something superficially impressive but lacking in substance
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- Any false construct devised to disguise a shortcoming or improve appearances.
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My concern is with the Potemkin village effect.
The Potemkin village.
His employment here is not a Potemkin village.
This was a Potemkin village of a DTC account.
The whole thing is one just giant Potemkin village.
It is a Potemkin village.
China had become a gigantic Potemkin Village.
We have a Potemkin Village democracy.
The Inn is turning into a kind of Potemkin Village.
The phrase Potemkin village entered common usage in Russia and globally, despite its fictional origin.
He told me that foreigners were shown a Potemkin village when they visited.
Up to a point Putin 's naval show that day represented a Potemkin village.
This created a Potemkin village effect.
Sadly, the entire project is one huge Potemkin village.
Society became a Potemkin Village writ large.
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Previously, it was Russia 's Western mission that was pure Potemkin village.
Centro Habana is the ass-end of a Potemkin village the government has renovated for tourist consumption.
Democracy is now a Potemkin village.
It 's a Potemkin village.
Rumours and urban legends about Catherine the Great Potemkin village Tsars of Russia family tree.
Palestine is a Potemkin village.
The World Cup in Kaliningrad, Potemkin village or real change?
Right? It 's a Potemkin village.
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The village has running water now
They say it takes a village to raise a child
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