embarrass

Example Sentences

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If that was a match to remember, it was a night to forget for Josh Rock as he remained without a win in his Premier League debut season - with this seventh loss his most embarrassing.

From BBC

Fun, and when Kevin takes off after an embarrassing incident, he promotes Anthony to captain, a job he takes seriously.

From Los Angeles Times

George, who is now 30, said he had several "embarrassing" falls while on the holiday, initially chalking it up to his depth perception being affected by his vision problems.

From BBC

The mum-of-four said she was too embarrassed to tell loved ones about the type of cancer she had as she felt there was a stigma surrounding anal cancer.

From BBC

He turned a number of corners while we grew more and more embarrassed at following him without any real excuse.

From Literature