embarrassment
Example Sentences
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Davidson later told Variety he had felt a "wave of shame and embarrassment" afterwards.
From BBC
When the hearing resumed, what followed was, by all accounts, a catastrophic embarrassment for the committee — one entirely of its own making.
From Salon
The indictment and collapse of AllHere was an embarrassment for Carvalho and the school system but did not appear to represent a major financial exposure.
From Los Angeles Times
He could only imagine how unpresentable he looked, but he purposely didn’t imagine it because the embarrassment would be too great.
From Literature
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Lord Mandelson resigns his membership of the Labour Party, saying he does not want to "cause further embarrassment" over his links to Epstein.
From BBC
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