How to Use save face in a Sentence

save face

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• Our girl figures out a way to strengthen the clan and help both of her brothers save face.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025
• Some members see it as a way to save face while also avoiding a shutdown.
  — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
• Wow, this woman straight-up pretends not to know her own granddaughter to save face.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 22 June 2023
• Luca tries to broker a deal to save face, but Isabella walks away from him.
  — Martine Paris, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
• At this point, the Americans will more than likely be looking to save face.
  — Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
• There may be one or two very short CRs—a week or so—to save face and look for a compromise.
  — Richard McGahey, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
• Rather than scrambling to save face, leaders should pause to plan accordingly.
  — Duane Tursi, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
• Let that sink in—this is a club synonymous with silverware and title races, now scrambling to save face.
  — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
• The pilots were later awarded medals to allow Moscow to save face.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2023
• George was struggling to save face after this mortifying fall from grace that had made him, in many ways, a laughing stock.
  — Michael Klein, SPIN, 8 Aug. 2022
• Don’t fall into the trap of trying to gaslight the public to avoid liability or to save face.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 June 2022
• Facing public backlash, Ally’s given one more chance to save face.
  — Courtney Howard, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
• Oftentimes, players say one thing to the media to save face and another thing behind closed doors.
  — Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
• Three days later, Obama, clearly trying to save face, followed suit.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2020
• That could deter a Turkish attack and help Damascus save face.
  — Paul Iddon, Forbes, 20 June 2022
• Meanwhile, hungry for a better way to save face, Khrushchev came up with a new demand, linked to another of his goals.
  — Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 16 Nov. 2022
• Advertisement On social media, Noem did her best to save face.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
• Police are trying to save face since they got caught (admittedly) unprepared.
  — cleveland, 14 June 2020
• Some even accused her of pretending to enjoy singlehood to save face, advising her to return to her ex.
  — Essence, 17 Dec. 2024
• Responsible statesmen in the West must think through how a nuclear power can save face even if its aims must be thwarted.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 3 Mar. 2022
• Say nothing, leak everything and in the event of a stalemate agree to save face and move on by blaming the media for blowing things out of proportion.
  — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 26 July 2021
• Conservatives derided the bill which appeared to be a peace offering as an attempt from the speaker to save face.
  — USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
• The two exchanged words afterward, Jeudy trying to save face on a day Gonzalez had taken his soul.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
• Is David Ellison just a rich guy trying to save face after multiple rebuffs?
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 Jan. 2026
• In their quest to cover up the truth to save face, the brothers are forced to confront their own troubled relationship and deal with their dead father’s secret love life.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Dec. 2023
• The move was viewed as trying to help Democrats save face before some would ultimately back the GOP plan.
  — Cate Martel, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
• But anyone who has eaten this cut of meat often has likely encountered at least one tough, dry chop, compelling them to try to choke it down anyway to save face or avoid food waste.
  — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2022
• Chess grandmasters have, in various epochs, played all the way through to the checkmate, rather than ending the game when an opponent resigns early to save face.
  — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
• Groups like his have accused the government for years of trying to disappear the disappeared to save face on an international stage.
  — ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
• The sentencing had been a prelude to a pardon and release—a way for the junta to save face and not appear to succumb to American pressure.
  — Joel Simon, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2022