Examples of skin-deep in a Sentence
fortunately, the cut was only skin-deep
the book provides some interesting anecdotes but only offers a skin-deep analysis of the events it chronicles
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The beauty of the island is not just skin-deep.
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Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
If Clooney’s self-reflection feels skin-deep, Baumbach seems to undergo a thornier reckoning.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
Watch it for its skin-deep enticement, its powerful visual devices, but also its concealed malignancy.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Her frugal philosophy is more than just skin-deep.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
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Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
If Clooney’s self-reflection feels skin-deep, Baumbach seems to undergo a thornier reckoning.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
Watch it for its skin-deep enticement, its powerful visual devices, but also its concealed malignancy.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Her frugal philosophy is more than just skin-deep.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Skin-deep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skin-deep. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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