embarrassment

“I am deeply sorry to my wife for the pain and embarrassment that I have brought into our lives,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

The latest polls suggest that a full 20 percent of the electorate intends to vote for the bin, a gigantic improvement on any of Binface’s past showings, and in any case an embarrassment for Farage.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026

The Americans made it far enough to stave off embarrassment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

But the first half-season of this much-vaunted package has been nothing less than an embarrassment.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

“I beg your pardon,” offered Edna, in some embarrassment, for she should have remembered that Mademoiselle Reisz’s avoidance of the water had furnished a theme for much pleasantry.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

The moves by Khanna and Veasy put Republicans in an awkward spot, but they are likely just symbolic embarrassments.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2025

Humza Yousaf, still a relatively new leader, seems to have been unable to catch a break as he grapples with a series of embarrassments that just seem to keep coming.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2024

Since tutoring Caleb Williams to a Heisman, Riley has basically ruined Williams’ encore season with a terrible defense, an underutilized running attack, and a series of big-game embarrassments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2023

She reminds us that “his every step” has been “inspected and analyzed: his promise, his awkwardness, his happiness, his suffering, his betrayals and embarrassments and mistakes, his loneliness, his success.”

From New York Times ● May 5, 2023

I thought about life, about my life, the embarrassments, the little coincidences, the shadows of alarm clocks on bedside tables.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer