For a moment Dearborne's eyes flamed, something so bright and hard and feral behind the polite facade that Adam was taken totally aback.

While he maintains a perfect public image, he has frequently shown his true face to Kyoko, failing to maintain his polite facade in front of her.

Rider knew that were he to run afoul of any of these rules, the guard's polite facade would quickly disappear.

Regina turned back to her once again, her face set in a polite facade.

Wouldn't we prefer architects to mask their aggressiveness behind polite facades?

John, his heart sinking further, struggled to keep his cool and maintain his warm, polite, courteous facade.

To witness is to be "antisocial," to leave polite facades in tatters.

As a young child, he presented a painstakingly polite facade, but as he grew older, he appeared to become increasingly angry and depressed.

Behind their polite facades and parade of white columns, governors' mansions are undergoing an identity crisis of sorts, within a grand, historic tradition.

The tone is far more tentative than required to see behind the polite facade to the passions within.