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Examples of saving grace in a Sentence
It's expensive, but the machine's saving grace is its ease of operation.
One of her saving graces is a good sense of humor.
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Some street vendors see the program as a saving grace after struggling to operate in the city.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2024
Will the upcoming school challenge be the saving grace?
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
Things go smoothly for the deck crew leaving the port, though Iain’s true saving grace for not being top of the firing list is Bri and Ellie’s hatred of each other.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 29 July 2024
Los Angeles hardly made any moves to their team over the offseason and has been eying the upcoming trade deadline as a saving grace.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1798, in the meaning defined above
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“Saving grace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saving%20grace. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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