saving grace

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noun

a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.

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Origin of saving grace

First recorded in 1590–1600

Words nearby saving grace

save the day, save up, Savigny, savin, saving, saving grace, savings account, savings and loan association, savings bank, savings bond, savings certificate

How to use saving grace in a sentence

Lenders advertise these relatively small-dollar loans as a saving grace for people living paycheck to paycheck.
The expanded child tax credit is working. Let’s make it permanent.|Michelle Singletary|September 28, 2021|Washington Post
With fires raging, and snow machines being used to protect key infrastructure, it is easy to get sucked into the idea that snow machines are a saving grace for the ski industry in the face of climate change.
In a new twist on an old tactic, ski resorts are using snow machines to fight fires|Jesse Ritner|September 9, 2021|Washington Post
Weiner seems to steadfastly believe in the saving grace of humor, the ability of time to open up possibilities and the strength of female friendship.
Jennifer Weiner understands women. Her new novel, ‘That Summer,’ shows us why.|Maureen Corrigan|May 27, 2021|Washington Post
Retail was “the saving grace for the hair tools and appliances market.”
Goodbye to blowouts: The U.S. market for hair tool and appliance brands declined in 2020|jim cooper|December 31, 2020|Digiday

The employees eager to get back to their desks will be the saving grace for many office buildings.
76% of American CEOs say they may shrink office space|Lance Lambert|October 22, 2020|Fortune
But there is a big twist in this story that has left both Grace Castro and Lozoya frustrated and grasping for more answers.
An Informant, a Missing American, and Juarez’s House of Death: Inside the 12-Year Cold Case of David Castro|Bill Conroy|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
That is a reality that still eats at Grace Castro and Yvonne Lozoya.
An Informant, a Missing American, and Juarez’s House of Death: Inside the 12-Year Cold Case of David Castro|Bill Conroy|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Twin girls, Greta and Grace, run around the floor in circles, wearing pink playsuits with tiny pink wings attached.
A Sunni-Shia Love Story Imperiled by al Qaeda|Ruth Michaelson|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They made quiet plans together, saying that when they had a child together, they wanted a girl called Grace.
A Sunni-Shia Love Story Imperiled by al Qaeda|Ruth Michaelson|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Just another example of a guy in a John B. Stetson hat saving the day.
My Love Letter to the Stetson|Mark McKinnon|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many of them were delicious in the role; one of them was the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
They ranged from moving trunks to cleaning cisterns, and, by grace of all of them, Sim was doing very well.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
She was growing a little stout, but it did not seem to detract an iota from the grace of every step, pose, gesture.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
May looked along at the dimpled grace, And then at the saint-like, fair old face, “How funny!”
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
See the ease and grace of the lady in the sacque, who sits on the bank there, under the myrtles, with the guitar on her lap!
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu