embarrass
Example Sentences
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He knew Joshua was the man under pressure here: If the former Brit wonder didn’t mush Paul into the ropes, it would be considered an embarrassing disaster.
There was an embarrassing lack of punches by Paul and a litany of wild swings from Joshua that even a novice like his opponent was able to easily evade.
From BBC
Amy and I have never shied from telling our kids we love them—early, often and frequently in ways that embarrass them in front of their peers.
The contents of the the court documents could lead to a potentially embarrassing and public legal battle between the Welsh language channel and Ms Griffin-Williams, if the matter is eventually heard at the High Court.
From BBC
Wolff has said that some of his emails were embarrassing and he would have worded them differently.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
