How to Use facade in a Sentence

facade

noun
  • They were trying to preserve the facade of a happy marriage.
  • I could sense the hostility lurking behind her polite facade.
  • Smith says of the Guardians facade.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • One home set into a hill looked from the facade to have been spared.
    Philly.com, 5 Nov. 2017
  • Some facades step out; others are set back.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The full facade is now the same shade of pink as the rest of the building.
    Katherine Weaver, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
  • The home is 60 years old and has a wood shake and red-brick facade.
    Boston.com Real Estate, 18 July 2019
  • Their task was to do away with the colossal facade overhead.
    Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
  • His name was installed on the facade the day after the board vote.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 June 2026
  • There are no ground-level windows on the front facade of the house.
    Dallas News, 22 Jan. 2022
  • The facade of his house in Minsk was splashed with red paint overnight.
    Yuras Karmanau, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2020
  • These aren’t just pretty facades.
    Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Menninger said the stone wall goes around the facade and the empty lot.
    Jason Dill september 5, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The stucco facades of many units are spider-webbed with cracks.
    Paul Brinkmann, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 May 2018
  • At least the new owners won’t have to paint over the school bus yellow facade.
    Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The team had run out of room on the facade where their first four banners were displayed.
    USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2017
  • The entire top floor had collapsed, and the facade was seared with black smoke stains.
    Wes Enzinna, Harper's magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Careful, though, young one — the spotlight’s glare is a wicked facade.
    Robbie Daw, Billboard, 22 May 2018
  • It's been on Vine, with the cute house-like facade, since the '40s.
    Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Much of the brick facade was seen lying in the street after sunrise.
    Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Why have these pop stars been so drawn to the glittering facade of a showgirl?
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The money, the success — all a facade.
    Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Wrapped in bright blue and yellow flags with the shining gold facade of Sts.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, chicagotribune.com, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Wood facades break up the monotony of green and stainless steel on doors and paneling.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 Jan. 2019
  • As the light changes during the day, the facade reflects the vibrant hues of the sky.
    CNN, 30 Nov. 2021
  • At the start, the project required building a damn to drain the water from the facade.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The veil-like facades form a screen that shades palazzo porches from the hot summer sun.
    Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2019
  • Trump's name has already been taken off the facade of the building.
    Steven Portnoy, ABC News, 8 July 2026
  • Beside the facade, the blasts had caved in the roof of the building’s northwest wing.
    James Verini, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
  • The same stone, from a nearby quarry, is being used for the west facade of the new project.
    New York Times, 28 Mar. 2022

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