face saving in a sentence

Examples

1. But Klaas Van Noortwijk and Bastian Zuiderent resurrected the innings with a fighting stand to post a face saving total.
2. But all-rounder Arshad Laiq and Shaukat Dukanwala shared a face saving 80 runs for the ninth batting out the overs.
3. Flamengo came back with a face saving goal by Renato Gaucho in the 72nd, but had nothing to follow it up.
4. Suggestions contributed by the parties remain anonymous, thus avoiding the face saving problem of accepting a suggestion made by another party.
5. But Andrew Harris and Kevin Dean frustrated the visitors for 46 minutes in adding a face saving 51 runs before Jones declared.
6. "The fiscal 1998 budget is nothing but face saving for Hashimoto's administration, " said Mamoru Yamaguchi, an economist at Nikko Research Center.
7. There is a lot of " face saving " involved as well as a genuine wish not to embarrass the other party.
8. Kocharian said he could accept a token role for Azerbaijan in the enclave to allow it a measure of " face saving ."
9. Political face saved, Cellucci will now bow to the inevitable, letting the board award the commissioner's job to David Driscoll, the interim commissioner.
10. I have had a number of articles listed as candidates for transwiki to wiktionary ( e . g . cattiness, tattling, face saving ).