“The drops of dew which the artificer had sprinkled on the flowers were diamonds.”

“In every civilization, the skilled artificer has an honored place beside the scribe and the shaman.”

“My purpose was to speak somewhat, as needs must be, of the artificer, the author of this book.”

“The artifice was too palpable to escape Rotha's observation.”

“Amid the layers of artifice and corporate double-speak, here was at least one shiny nugget of honest-to-god truth.”

“But that he might attain the proper effect of his work under the artifice of a poetic disguise, he composed story in many respects like that of this historic Dido, according to the privilege of poets established by ancient custom.”

“The eyelashes stiff with mascara make the artificiality and clumsiness of makeup conspicuous.”

“Westerner's perplexed by the artificiality of Hangzhou's dredged, diked and manipulated Xihu need only recall their own foundational myths.”

“That is why, of course, we do not rely upon either the artificiality or the incongruity of the exercise, let alone its invidiousness.”

“Of late she has not been so blind to Dora's artificialness as she used to be.”

“Regardless of the artificialness of the eye, it is a cosmetic solution and gives the patient self-confidence in society.”

“It seems like a cultural fear of the artificialness of diet soda.”

“His own prose expressed his criticism of the artificialities of 18th-century society.”

“He plays the game with the gloves off, he strips bare all the fopperies and artificialities of the world.”

“You can't do that if you introduce artificialities into training.”

“Lt Welch has a team of 31, including 27 divers, an administrative assistant, a boatman and two artificers to maintain their equipment.”

“A certain number of foreman artificers, electricians, blacksmiths etc, are also required for service with the army.”

“The only Service team that takes part in the rally, the artificers entered two pedal cars, and won third place overall.”

“While under the influence of a stupefactive or anaesthetic, the sorcerer or the person subjected to his artifices, beheld spirits or daemons.”

“Queen Elizabeth I loved bonbons, and aristocratic Tudor households would pride themselves on presenting elaborate sugar artifices.”

“The effect produced by this gradation of obscurity was intensified by constructional artifices.”