embarrassment
Example Sentences
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I laughed at my own joke, a move so far beyond cool that my head actually exploded from embarrassment.
From Literature
I felt my cheeks burn a little in embarrassment, but I brushed it off.
From Literature
Meanwhile, he added, Iranian attacks on Gulf states have removed any embarrassment that these monarchies had in cooperating with the U.S. military campaign.
For decades Mr. James was among tens of millions of Americans unable to grasp the written word—more than 20% of our population, an embarrassment for a nation rooted in high literacy.
Davidson later told Variety he had felt a "wave of shame and embarrassment" afterwards.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
