losing face

Example Sentences

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By avoiding inflammatory rhetoric, China is building itself an off-ramp to move the policy away from a blanket ban without losing face.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

And there might be a risk of losing face or some shame.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2022

There is also the question of losing face.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2021

A viable route to agreement that would avoid either side losing face has yet to crystallise, however.

From Reuters • Feb. 10, 2021

But I was also determined to honor my parents’ words, so Huang Taitai could never accuse my mother of losing face.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan