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
No. But Macy’s found out through an anonymous whistleblower; Gimbels lost face and went out of business in 1986.
From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2020
McMillan Cottom: I asked someone recently if I have resting lost face.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2018
Otherwise I would have lost face with Phineas, and that would have been unthinkable.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
