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Example sentences for: artifice

How can you use “artifice” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

There's paradox in artifice.
It takes a while to get oriented in Leigh's movies, which, for all their social-realist trappings, frequently explode into caricature and high-theatrical artifice.
The argument was that he'd brainwashed the country with smoke and mirrors, artifice and stagecraft.
The models look magnificent, especially the ones working for Vivienne Westwood and Jean-Paul Gaultier, who have joyfully reveled in creating extreme artifice for both sexes.
But this is an artifice, and it is not foolproof.