Examples of 'face-saving' in a sentence
Meaning of "face-saving"
face-saving (verb): The act of preventing embarrassment or humiliation for oneself or others
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How to use "face-saving" in a sentence
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Just a face-saving gesture in the light of.
This is the official face-saving confessions.
This face-saving measure passed nearly unanimously.
It is apparently resorting to face-saving tactics.
Some face-saving that allowed me to generously accept his charity.
Travell tried hard to convince us it was a face-saving exercise to calm naysayers.
Face-saving moves such as leaving potentially embarrassing facts unstated.
Both sides appear to be seeking a face-saving means of concluding the conflict.
This mental and emotional response is referred to as the face-saving effect.
This is not simply a face-saving compromise in relation to the version submitted.
And once those limits are reached all that is left is the face-saving.
You can resign with whatever face-saving reason you wanna give.
He called the summit undemocratic and accused world leaders of only seeking a face-saving agreement.
Long and losing wars seem to encourage face-saving analogies and butt-covering metaphors.
Face-saving involves reconciling an agreement with principle and with the self-image of the negotiators.
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The thing is you are gonna have to offer him a face-saving way out of this.
Enter the face-saving Asian way of doing business.
They are desperately appealing to the government for a face-saving deal to end the strike.
I am sick of the face-saving and the corruption in Assembly.
Helms expects the prolonged period of plasticity will allow face-saving surgeries or treatments.
It would welcome a face-saving solution to end the war in Yemen.
Youtube is full of tutorials that can help you make a different, creative and face-saving lamp.
Traditional diplomacy will at best devise a face-saving but meaningless accord next year.
This face-saving is based on emotions of pride and fear, and not on Bible principle.
You know, kavanaugh could get this as a face-saving way to end his investigation.
Because a face-saving exercise is needed in order to diminish the responsibility of the Soviet Union.
But once this crisis you can resign with whatever face-saving reason you wanna give.
And to give him a face-saving way out of the Berlin conference.
Trump is right to take a win and show restraint after Iran 's face-saving missile show.
It looked like a face-saving attempt by Iran to wind the crisis down.
Or was it that the Council 's compromise was a face-saving exercise for the British.
That would be a face-saving device for the Government of the Sudan.
The listener-oriented modality serves as a communicative strategy, as a resource of face-saving.
I believe it is probably just a face-saving exercise on behalf of France.
Your face-saving promises whispered like prayers I do not need them.
Reed himself dismissed the poll as a face-saving gesture by an embarrassed Oxendine.
A face-saving way out of this.
Bernard, you should give some thought to drafting a face-saving letter of resignation forthe Minister.
Some face-saving bullshit … that allowed me to generously accept his charity.
The withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia was a face-saving measure for the Government in Ethiopia.
However a face-saving compromise was reached, and Santos-Dumont was awarded the prize.
Would you allow me a face-saving proposition?
But for face-saving reasons, the screaming became more general and hysterical.
This is the official, face-saving confession.
Small polities, seeing that resistance would be futile, may accept a face-saving offer.
What we need is a face-saving measure.
It was a face-saving measure, and Swa accepted the deal.
The thing is, you are going to have to offer him a face-saving way out of this.
What a face-saving crock.
The thing is… you're gonna have to offer him a face-saving way out of this.
