Its manic surface only partially conceals its satiric barbs.
As in Fitzgerald, the glittering surface conceals profound corruption.
It is not generally considered a structural element, but a finished surface concealing the underside of the floor or roof structure above.
So although her play was a classic thriller, its smooth surface concealed something deep and dark.
"The placid surface conceals a very, very turbulent time ahead," said one Democratic negotiator.
That gentle surface conceals a very firm core.
Reflecting her dislike of time-wasting housekeeping functions, their surfaces don't show dirt but conceal or absorb it.
At its highest setting the Alchemist would become such a cosmological entity; its surface concealed by an event horizon into which everything can fall and nothing return.
The cool surfaces of her interpretations do not conceal their inward intensity.
Any shiny surface could conceal a vid pickup, and the ears were probably not even within the room.