Examples of window dressing in a Sentence

These changes are being made for a good reason. They're not just window dressing. the crime-does-not-pay moralizing is just window dressing for nasty hard-boiled stories

Recent Examples on the Web Despite the window dressing, there’s nothing that satisfyingly bizarre going on here. — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2022 Most of the changes have felt like window dressing. — oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2022 While the agents are a reach for a gritty milieu, the underwritten script gives the pair nothing but boilerplate dialogue, rendering them as mere window dressing. — Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2022 Some changed window dressing is indeed apparent, like the phrase March Madness now being included in the women’s game. — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2022 The security guarantees in the Budapest Memorandum were nothing more than window dressing. — WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022 Alabama’s ground attack served as little more than window dressing in its past four games against SEC foes. — Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2021 The decorative details on the main house depict faux columns and window dressing. — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021 Secondly, there may be window dressing from professional portfolio managers. — Simon Moore, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021 See More

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“Window dressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/window%20dressing. Accessed 17 May. 2022.

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