loss of face
Example Sentences
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State Premier Daniel Andrews said that, for all the loss of face, he did not have to think long about cancelling on the CGF.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2024
After relentlessly insisting all year that the Games should go ahead, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Bach would suffer a massive loss of face from any cancellation.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2021
Patience is a great virtue and loss of face a great shame to be avoided at all costs.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2018
The results of the audit would not be released, to spare the defeated candidate a loss of face.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 27, 2016
And he knew that Electron must be suffering a terrible loss of face.
From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus
