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How to use figleaf in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word figleaf? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
As a consequence, leaves may wilt or even be injured as previously observed for cucumber and figleaf gourd in response to low root temperature.
Except for one small African state, whose vote will decide whether the US should invade under a UN figleaf or go full frontal.
Of all the lousy excuses for running scared, Cameron hiding behind a Green figleaf is up there with Adam blaming Eve for that incident with the apple.
Football is the ultimate figleaf when it comes to idle chit-chat.
I am not afraid of Benjamin Netanyahu, we will not be his figleaf.
Her proposal that it would instead be the subject of a separate bill to be put to Parliament if needed in an emergency was dismissed by opponents as a figleaf.
Examples from Classical Literature
True, all hideous regimes had their figleaf intellectuals and with a few exceptions, the regimes in the Balkans are not hideous.
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