Example Sentences

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They had veneered calluses where my palms touched my fingers.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2017

Oxford had veneered him, but scratch the veneer and one found the sandal-wood of the East, perfumed, seductive, appealing, but something to be shunned as brittle and untrustworthy.

From Tales of Chinatown by Rohmer, Sax