embarrassment

Example Sentences

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He takes the defiance as an insult and the public insult as an embarrassment.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Where Fausset’s story was clumsy enough to draw immediate institutional embarrassment, Bernstein’s is polished enough to escape the same reckoning.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

It was the biggest embarrassment of all time that caused the uproar that it did.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"There's a sense of embarrassment," she says, "because that is what your body's meant to do so you feel like you're failing yourself."

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Clara would actually probably die a second time from pure embarrassment if she spoke of it, and her Estrie powers wouldn’t even be enough to save her.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny