Sentence examples for lost face from inspiring English sources

"We have lost face," he declared.

She's lost face and that's terribly important.

He'd lost face for himself and his ancestors.

Chernomyrdin also lost face in the episode, and it appeared that the president might sacrifice him.

"I felt I'd lost face," he told a Chinese interviewer years later.

If Richard had continued to escalate, he would have lost face.

Both kinds were value-laden, and in both the African subject lost face.

Now all the men have lost their power and lost face".

Has Nicolas Sarkozy lost face in his battle against the burqa?

A person who has lost face, meanwhile, will often retaliate in unexpected, often passive ways.

BANGKOK — Rarely has a leader in Thailand lost face in such a spectacular way.