That Apple takes the store down for a few hours, telling you to check back later, is pure artifice.

His universe of pure artifice reflects reality, but like a soap bubble that can cease to exist any second.

All the great storms she'd seen here had been cooked up by lighting men and rain-machines; pure artifice.

Paradoxically, their descriptive acumen somehow turns nature into pure artifice; real landscapes end up looking as bizarre as the miniature sets used for filming old monster movies.

Yola had always been ready with a smile or a tantrum, both being pure artifice; seldom did her real feelings emerge directly.

From then on it was pure artifice.

That legend was, likely, pure artifice.

He will have achieved art out of almost pure artifice.

The surface texture was pure artifice, of course; ConSensus merely giftwrapped the enigma in refracted background.

Similarly the argument that public sector unions are "greedy" because they want to keep final salary pensions is pure political artifice.