lost face

Example Sentences

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When asked why he kept going, the elderly owner of the pineapple processing company told the BBC he could not stop because he felt he had lost face.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2023

“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

Of course the agitator lost face and that was the end of that.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz