embarrassment
Example Sentences
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In short, carefully packaged and shiny this is not: at best it is a distraction for ministers, at worst a gushing torrent of awkwardness and embarrassment - and it is far from over yet.
From BBC
Of course, characters will be put into embarrassing positions, or embarrass themselves, embarrassment being the root of all comedy, or near enough.
From Los Angeles Times
Indian strategic affairs expert Brahma Chellaney wrote on X that the US torpedoing of the Iranian warship in India's "maritime neighbourhood" was "more than a battlefield episode" - calling it a "strategic embarrassment" for Delhi.
From BBC
Actor Michael Sheen has said his daughter has started acting "like she's my agent" by loudly announcing his name in public - much to his embarrassment.
From BBC
The problem with writers putting their cute kids in books is not the harm done to the families but the embarrassment suffered by the reader.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
