embarrassment of riches
Example Sentences
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This debacle over your future is a first-world embarrassment of riches.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
As with so many of The Beatles’ signature albums, “Rubber Soul” proves to be an embarrassment of riches.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
“There’s really an embarrassment of riches right now coming out of the open source labs.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
He opted for joining Paris St-Germain but he couldn't quite break through amid the club's embarrassment of riches in the attacking department.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025
All this would be fine—an embarrassment of riches, to be sure; a tad too many treasures to be bestowed on a single human, certainly—if he were nice.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
