Have you ever thought what a thin veneer our civilization is?

I feel that civilization is a thin veneer and could collapse any moment.

Best face or no, it was a thin veneer.

Above that is a thin veneer of hard cases, who continue offending into their twenties.

But from the very start he sees just how thin that veneer of civilization is.

"Only a thin veneer at the top of each eligibility group is finding itself eligible."

Only the thin veneer of the welfare state has protected Europeans.

I believe there's only a thin veneer of civilization left spread over the world.

There was, on the surface, a thin veneer of control.

Civilization is a thin veneer over the base desires that make up the core of every living being.