Sentence examples for make someone lose face from inspiring English sources

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"You make someone lose face if you make them feel that they've given a wrong or silly answer" in a meeting, Mr. Doctoroff said.

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In China, making someone lose face by yelling at them in front of others or otherwise making them look bad can have severe repercussions.

"It's enough to make someone lose their mind," he said.

When someone loses face, they feel ashamed (Goffman 1972).

"They make us lose face".

There's also a public aspect to calling someone out, of making them lose face.

"You can contradict somebody in front of someone who is lower ranking and cause the person to lose face.

I like winning, but I enjoy it even more when I'm making someone else lose.

The Russians lose face when someone like me breaks into their top secret spaceport on a folding bike.

And losing faith does one make someone an infidel that deserves to die.

"He will lose face.

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