embarrassment
Example Sentences
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A strike at SoFi Stadium would be an embarrassment for Los Angeles as it gears up to host eight World Cup matches, the 2027 Super Bowl and the 2028 Olympics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
And even now, at such a young age, he warns, he has seen signs of anxiety and embarrassment in children as young as seven or eight years old who are displaying symptoms of cosmeticorexia.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
We can do that in private, to avoid embarrassment.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
For the Spurs players, the instant exuberance was understandable, but embarrassment should have quickly descended on them as they listened to their supporters chanting "We Are Staying Up".
From BBC • May 24, 2026
I can already feel my face screwing up in embarrassment, and I look out the window—but my dad doesn’t keep going the way I expect him to.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
Vocabulary lists containing embarrassment
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"One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia, List 1
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