saving grace
a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.
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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 PostWith 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 PostWeiner 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 PostRetail 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 | DigidayThe employees eager to get back to their desks will be the saving grace for many office buildings.
She was my saving grace, through our initial grief and our subsequent pregnancies.
Daily Beast Readers React to YouTube Stillborn Baby Memorials | Brandy Zadrozny | November 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe saving grace is that Sharif is emerging from several years in political exile.
When my daughter had a life-threatening illness, this show became her saving grace—so she returned the favor.
Kickstarter's 'Veronica Mars Movie Project' a Smash Success | Michael Daly | April 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST“Part of the reason her name was Savannah Grace was because she was like my saving grace,” she said.
The only saving grace is that the opposition won't want another election this year any more than does the public.
Don't forget that if religion is a saving grace, religiosity is a constitutional weakness.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieHe adored her as little less than a saint, and she became, indeed, his saving grace.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineThe saving grace in his whole make-up was that he really loved to work and he would work at the things he could do.
The "Genius" | Theodore DreiserThere was, however, a saving grace, and we must give the devil his due.
The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators | Hendrik Willem van LoonThere was a saving grace in that last word, which gave him a little heart.
The Chalice Of Courage | Cyrus Townsend Brady
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