lost face

Example Sentences

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"This is the biggest humiliation in history! Li Yifeng, you have truly lost face," read one popular Weibo post.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2022

“I feel like we’ve lost face and public trust with them. We’ve got to gain that back.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2022

McMillan Cottom: I asked someone recently if I have resting lost face.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2018

“For the first time TV lost face as a news medium,” TV Guide, then the bible for television watchers, stated at the end of 1968.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2018

“Jiang Ji-li, your aunt really lost face today, didn’t she?”

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang