Examples of 'thin veneer' in a sentence
Meaning of "thin veneer"
thin veneer: This phrase is used metaphorically to describe something that appears to be one way on the surface, but underneath is quite different. It suggests a superficial layer that masks the true nature or quality of something
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It drives us to the thin veneer of conscious logic.
The idea that morals are a thin veneer.
Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
Joffrey is an amoral sadist who disguises his cruelty with a thin veneer of charm.
It had at least a thin veneer of respectability.
A thin veneer of peace-lovingness and protection from the left.
Greed masquerading beneath a thin veneer of lofty idealism.
Under this thin veneer of civilization, we are all savages.
Can be fabricated in the same way as thin veneer or laminate products.
Under a thin veneer of pragmatism and… a few shockingly bad choices.
These ripple marks are commonly draped with a thin veneer of mudstone with mudcracks.
You know, under a thin veneer of pragmatism and a few shockingly bad choices.
People are basically just monsters hiding behind the thin veneer of social convention.
Laminates may have a thin veneer of attractively grained wood on top.
The pseudergates excavate galleries through the timber but leave a thin veneer of surface wood intact.
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Sedimentary rocks are only a thin veneer over a crust consisting mainly of igneous and metamorphic rocks.
The second layer may comprise a thick layer or a thin veneer layer of hydroxyapatite.
It 's just a thin veneer of paint on a wheel.
The One who upsets hypocrisy hidden under a thin veneer of religion.
The structure is covered by a thin veneer of permanently frozen Pliocene and Pleistocene rock.
It 's like a huge ball of iron covered with a thin veneer of rock.
These materials would create a thin veneer over the outer surface of the tooth.
Some manufacturers even use a very wide knife to " slice off " the thin veneer pieces.
Civilization, a thin veneer over barbarianism.
Plus, its surface accepts paint well and also provides a welcoming base for a thin veneer layer.
The racism that drove the campaign is not a thin veneer that can simply be peeled away.
But it 's just a thin veneer of Christianity we have painted over these people.
Like all popular hoaxes, the story has a thin veneer of authenticity.
The thin veneer of civilization on which I'd relied had been torn away.
But today, it is nothing more than a thin veneer over a nightmarish reality.
Behind the thin veneer of Turley 's judicial system is the political machine manufacturing countless crimes.
But in both cases, the history is spread like a thin veneer across the centuries.
Alfio stone - This thin veneer stone ( with no mortar joint ) is the ultimate modern product.
It 's a huge ball of iron, covered with a thin veneer of rock.
But these days it 's a thin veneer and it 's starting to crack.
But once the food starts to run out, the thin veneer of politeness quickly vanishes.
Of course there is a pretty thin veneer in Japan, but the veneer was there.
It has tyres . It 's just a thin veneer of paint on a wheel.
With only a thin veneer of the human . ".
Oh, my God, that 's a thin veneer of kindness.
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