皺著臉做出醜陋的表情, 做鬼臉Terry made a face at his teacher when she turned her back. 泰利趁老師轉過身去時, 向她做鬼臉。The sick boy made a face after he swallowed the medicine. 那生病的男孩作了藥之後就裝出一副鬼臉。
丟臉; 被羞辱, 失去信用Jerry's careless work made him lose face with his boss. Jerry馬馬虎虎的工作使他失掉老闆的信賴。Many Japanese soldiers killed themselves at the end of World War II because they believed that to give up would make them lose face. 許多日本軍人在第二次世界大戰結束時自殺, 因為他們認為投降是很沒面子, 使他們蒙羞的事。