saving grace

noun

|Updated on: 4 Aug 2018

Examples: saving grace in a Sentence

Definition of saving grace

: a redeeming quality or factor

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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 of saving grace from the Web

Time and geographic locale has been the saving grace for remains buried at Hockley Cemetery.

— vincent t. davis, San Antonio Express-News, "Historian and UTSA archaeologists discover remains at forgotten African American burial site," 18 June 2018
The saving grace is the acting with all characters, from Ford (Anthony Hopkins) down to Clementine (Angela Sarafyan) committing.

— william lee, chicagotribune.com, "‘Westworld’ Episode 7 recap: 5 things to know about ‘Les Écorchés' and what lies beneath the surface," 4 June 2018
The saving grace is that the dollar so far hasn’t risen much relative to last year’s drop.

— greg ip, WSJ, "In a Dollarized World, a Rising Dollar Spells Pain," 9 May 2018
Perhaps the only saving grace is that the temperature is in the 60s, which was certainly warm enough to crack open a few windows this afternoon.

— greg porter, Washington Post, "PM Update: Showers redevelop this evening before temperatures plummet for Monday," 11 Feb. 2018
There was, however, one saving grace: In Colorado, there was solid food, not just instant soup for the detainees.

— kristen jordan shamus, Detroit Free Press, "Separated at the border, asylum seeker pleads for son's return," 5 July 2018
Your ability to learn more and come to an understanding with others proves to be your saving grace at the moment.

— BostonGlobe.com, "Horoscope," 26 June 2018
The only saving grace is that none of the next few weeks’ hot takes will last.

— jason johnson, The Root, "LeBron James Is Finally Free From Cleveland and It Couldn’t have Happened to a Nicer City," 9 June 2018
In this scenario, responders’ only saving grace would be the use of a weak RSA modulus.

— dan goodin, Ars Technica, "Stymied by browsers, attackers embed Flash 0-day inside MS Office document," 7 June 2018

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