How to Use saving grace in a Sentence

saving grace

noun
  • One of her saving graces is a good sense of humor.
  • It's expensive, but the machine's saving grace is its ease of operation.
  • Our saving grace on that brisk night?
    — Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2026
  • That will prove to be the one saving grace of what comes next.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026
  • One saving grace has been the boom in stock prices since March.
    — Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 25 Dec. 2020
  • And that has been the saving grace of playing him all these years.
    — CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
  • This $10 find will be the saving grace of your next trip.
    — Erin Cavoto, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • This $10 find will be the saving grace of your next trip.
    — Erin Cavoto, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The saving grace is that, left on its own, oak wilt spreads very slowly.
    — Greg Stanley, Star Tribune, 5 July 2021
  • With three children at home, my art and projects with them were a saving grace.
    — Steven Lindsey, Dallas News, 30 Dec. 2020
  • The only saving grace is that none of the next few weeks’ hot takes will last.
    — Jason Johnson, The Root, 9 June 2018
  • For all those who opt for non-dairy treats, this dessert maker is your saving grace.
    — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2022
  • The saving grace in the past was that win or lose, the team was at least a lot of fun to watch.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Tokyo Scramble's saving grace is its co-op mode.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The one saving grace is that there’s a finite number of them.
    — New York Times, 19 Jan. 2021
  • That serves as a common copout and might be a wild attempt at a saving grace.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The saving grace, as is so often the case in this show, is the details.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2021
  • The saving grace, of course, has been the play after halftime.
    — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Spring’s saving grace this year may be the forecast for the first half of June.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 6 June 2018
  • Coconut oil—yes, god's gift to the beauty world—proved to be my saving grace.
    — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 31 Aug. 2018
  • Jamal Murray has been the saving grace on most nights.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Perhaps a saving grace could come in the form of the annual draft, though.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 8 June 2021
  • The saving grace had lately been that if Texas could get to one of its closers, things were safe.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The saving grace is the defendant doesn’t get a whole new trial.
    — Sydney Pereira, miamiherald, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Our saving grace is that there is plenty of moisture in the ground which helps buffer the plants.
    — Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2021
  • Having boundaries has been her saving grace while doing it all.
    — Leslie D. Rose, Parents, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The top of the standings didn’t change much, which served as a saving grace for the Empire.
    — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 15 June 2020
  • The Deacons have been turnover prone of late, which could be the Knights’ saving grace.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Headphones are often my saving grace in this madhouse.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
  • And Havemann said that for him, going to the dog track was the saving grace of his years there.
    — Dick Cooper, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2020

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