Examples of saving grace in a Sentence

It's expensive, but the machine's saving grace is its ease of operation. One of her saving graces is a good sense of humor.

Recent Examples on the Web Singapore’s saving grace is its high vaccination coverage. — Grady Mcgregor, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2021 Chemicals have been Exxon’s saving grace since last year when demand for packaging and hygiene products spiked. — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 30 July 2021 Without access to people or the office, technology was and continues to be the saving grace that enables a productive remote work environment that can handle every curve thrown at it. — Nathaniel Kunes, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021 Even in an inconsistent season with three freshman starters, basketball was Oregon State’s saving grace that year. — Bud Withers, oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2020 Nine months after his death, Hank Aaron’s legacy had once again become a saving grace. — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2021 Croatia’s geography has proven a saving grace for trade and tourism, and Vresnik declares the nation is lucky to have its thousand kilometers of coastline, directly across the Adriatic Sea from Italy. — Katya Soldak, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021 Lenders advertise these relatively small-dollar loans as a saving grace for people living paycheck to paycheck. — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2021 For the older people in care institutions, the experience is both a saving grace and a source of anguish. — Farai Mutsaka, ajc, 15 Sep. 2021

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