embarrass

What struck me were my father’s words: “Never embarrass the family name.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

As a place that came of age with the automobile, Los Angeles is a sprawl of freeways with a public transport system that would embarrass any medium-sized European city.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

But he's also very loud and he does bear grudges: he will undoubtedly continue to swing punches at OpenAI and attempt to embarrass it from his social network X.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

Also, don’t embarrass your friend or shame her daughter by mentioning it to your friend, even in passing.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026

“Mrs. Hayward just read it to embarrass me. She hates my guts.”

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

I guess he is about 80, but the answer he gives embarrasses me.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025

“You have to be on the side of, let’s make our no-calls our mistakes. Not the one where you blow the whistle and the replay embarrasses us because there’s nothing there.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

Nothing embarrasses Bella Baxter, the toddler-brained dervish of Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

"The seizure of envelopes with money in the office of a person I chose hurts me... embarrasses me before the Portuguese and I have a duty to apologise," Costa said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 11, 2023

Today, the photo no longer embarrasses me the way it did when I was a teenager.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

I showed up to the appointment late, soaked, and embarrassed.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

"I really want parents to know that they can come to us before they reach crisis point and to not feel embarrassed or ashamed to have a little helping hand," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

“Some may be embarrassed, some may be quizzical.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

He became embarrassed after he was caught fabricating or embellishing stories about playing college baseball, responding to protest scenes and an award he won in the police academy, according to the motion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

“You don’t have to be embarrassed about using the litter box! Here, I’ll clean it for you.”

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

An improvement on the source material: HBO’s new show Lanterns takes a character with an embarrassing history and makes him fascinating.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

“The only embarrassing thing is how many people reached out and told me how much better written this was than normal,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The one caveat, Zucker says — a clown is by far the most embarrassing brand of comedian you can be.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Part of Ferrell’s man-child trilogy with Adam McKay, the film follows a blowhard racecar driver as he works his way back to the winner’s circle following a dramatic and embarrassing wreck.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

“Well . . . that shouldn’t be embarrassing, really. Since lots of schools accept such a small percentage of people.”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison