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

And he said, “I told him you were going to embarrass him out here.”

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

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

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025

No one embarrasses himself — it’s all polished, pleasant, anonymous and unobjectionable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 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

When I lived here as a teen, I wanted nothing more than to assimilate, to achieve what was expected of me, a fact that embarrasses me now.

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2023

You can tell a true war story if it embarrasses you.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

I’m very embarrassed doing this routine, but it eases the transition for both of them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

An embarrassed Wegner said he had played tennis to "clear my head" but this cut little ice with furious voters.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

She must also have been embarrassed and possibly humiliated by her employer behaving like this behind her back.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

When Germany fans woke up on Tuesday morning, they surely felt embarrassed about what happened in Boston against Paraguay.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

He was embarrassed about Teddy pushing him, but mostly he was sad.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Neuroscientist and author Dean Burnett said more people were "more anxious about doing something which could be seen as embarrassing online".

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

It’s the most embarrassing photo of me ever though.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Two years later, having un-retired, Messi flubbed another one at the World Cup in Russia in an embarrassing 1-1 draw against Iceland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

This includes Dolan’s fronting of an embarrassing blues-rock band, often while sporting a fedora, and he inflicts his music on audiences by installing himself as the opener for acts like the Eagles.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

“Trust me, Duke. They’ll delay new episodes until you’re better if we—or rather, I—can encourage Fred to make a few more embarrassing blunders.”

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein