Sentence examples for in saving face from inspiring English sources

Aberu means face — as in, saving face.

Koreans believe in saving face and restoring equilibrium instead.

It boils down to an Italian justice system more interested in saving face than in looking at the evidence.

Their task for the first leg in Munich is ensuring they remain in the tie, and the second leg is not simply a familiar exercise in saving face.

The joke is that, at the single most important moment in their history, the people are being lied to by a leadership interested only in saving face.

"I guarantee no one in that room is interested in saving face for the White House," McKeon said.

In announcing a deal in which saving face was almost as important as financial considerations, executives of all three companies involved -- Gucci, Pinault-Printemps-Redoute and Mr. Arnault's LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton -- were able to claim some shred of victory.

The games, played for charity, are more like college dorm poker matches than high-roller showdowns in Las Vegas: saving face is what really is at stake.

"I'm not interested in just being in Afghanistan for the sake of being in Afghanistan or saving face or, in some way you know, sending a message that America is here for the duration.

Protecting ourselves -- our minor social deceptions are frequently in service of saving face and shaping the perceptions of others.

We weren't interested in satisfying voters, saving face, or the talking points of rising tuition costs -- we were interested in one thing: making quality education affordable.