When we sanded our old oak table too much, we found out that it had a veneer top. From LearnThat.org.
veneer the furniture to protect it. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
They rarely draw the conclusion that the veneer is the most important thing about civilization. From Wordnik.com. [In Chile, the Lessons of Isolation] Reference
And a veneer is ALL that 'civilistion' is or ever was. From Wordnik.com. [We Need Men`s "Ishews"] Reference
This tourist area is just a thin veneer along the coast. From Wordnik.com. [Living in Manzanillo] Reference
Everyone on this board has a thin veneer of civilization. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » McClellan: I Can’t Comment Because Harriet Miers Told Me Not To] Reference
Consequently, design has become a thin veneer of a subject. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-05-01] Reference
Scratch that paper thin veneer and there is revealed a monster. From Wordnik.com. [Carry-Over Thread] Reference
But that is usually a thin veneer for how completely clueless I really am. From Wordnik.com. [A Moment of Weakness and Self-Doubt on Writing] Reference
But beneath this thin veneer of excuses lies something a little more honest. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » The Root of Procrastination] Reference
But today, it seems like that thin veneer of law and order has been stripped away. From Wordnik.com. [Global Voices in English » DRC: Rape Epidemic Fuels Fistula Cases] Reference
But for those of us who can see through his thin veneer, the real story is obvious. From Wordnik.com. [Debating in the post-wedge world] Reference
Two thousand years are an extremely thin veneer with which to cover the many millions. From Wordnik.com. [The Kempton-Wace Letters] Reference
The veneer is gone and we see the ugly beneath the pretty promises of hope and change. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton challenges Obama to Lincoln-Douglas style debate] Reference
I have come to believe that there is no longer even a thin veneer of civil discourse anymore. From Wordnik.com. [White House's top health care spokeswoman resigning post] Reference
The judge said the lawful activities of Shac were a "thin veneer" for its real purpose of intimidation. From Wordnik.com. [Animal rights activists jailed for terrorising suppliers to Huntingdon Life Sciences] Reference
People like you disgust me; your "liberalism" seems to be a thin veneer covering facististic tendencies. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
On days when there was much steam to his cooking, the harvest of veneer from the bureau was unusually generous. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 23] Reference
I am happy to let them continue to defend Roman pagan iconography with a paper-thin veneer of Christianity. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Reinhardt’s Dig on Sarah Palin] Reference
Sliced into wafer thin veneer, that chunk could easily reap a profit with that piece of wood for the right woodworker (not me). From Wordnik.com. [Would You Pay $25,000 for a Piece of Wood?] Reference
Homer's world, restricted to less than a drummer's circuit, was nevertheless immense, surrounded by a thin veneer of universe — the. From Wordnik.com. [The Shrinkage of the Planet] Reference
Highly professional, but very warm once the icy veneer is cracked, Marcie had a brief fling with 'Joe Capanelli' about six months back. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference
You might have heard someone remark that "civilization is a thin veneer.". From Wordnik.com. [What a Bunch of Apes! « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website] Reference
WORTH: A veneer is a thin porcelain sheeth that's bonded to the front of your tooth. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2004] Reference
In the pictures I see a lot of veneer, which is the perfect metaphor for what I am trying to say. From Wordnik.com. [The Berkshire Residence by Morrison Seifert Murphy] Reference
They don't have the same kind of veneer, the reflective veneer. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 10, 2009] Reference
The affluent veneer is reinforced by?. From Wordnik.com. [Print - The O.C.: American Dream Extreme | PopPolitics.com] Reference
Under the veneer, is the underpinning so weak?. From Wordnik.com. [Reader reviews of Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo.] Reference
But the postmodern veneer is pretty absurd. From Wordnik.com. [Detroit Tag City? What? « Snarkmarket] Reference
A VERY thin veneer. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » What Is Torture?] Reference
But the veneer was a fraud. From Wordnik.com. [Bush, Aides, Rejected Anti-Torture Warnings] Reference
What they have to offer is a very thin veneer. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Culture and Size and Scope of Government] Reference
That veneer shields a brand of hardball unlike anything Nashville's ever encountered. From Wordnik.com. [The World According To Garth] Reference
At first, Christofferson said, she was oblivious to what was behind the pristine veneer. From Wordnik.com. [A Prophet And His 'Sisters'] Reference
Eventually the informed electorate sees through the thin veneer; that's happening now in Britain. From Wordnik.com. [Mourning For Microsoft] Reference
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