embarrass

If you are going to go, can you at least not embarrass yourself?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

As a place that came of age with the automobile, Los Angeles is a sprawl of freeways with a public transport system that would embarrass any medium-sized European city.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

But he's also very loud and he does bear grudges: he will undoubtedly continue to swing punches at OpenAI and attempt to embarrass it from his social network X.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

The U.K. government can deploy the king abroad to woo foreign governments, but convention dictates politicians cannot embarrass the monarch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Mary Anne asked, frowning as though she were the victim of a joke or a conspiracy to embarrass her.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

I guess he is about 80, but the answer he gives embarrasses me.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025

Nothing embarrasses Bella Baxter, the toddler-brained dervish of Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

"The seizure of envelopes with money in the office of a person I chose hurts me... embarrasses me before the Portuguese and I have a duty to apologise," Costa said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 11, 2023

I’d even go as far as to say all this attention embarrasses him a little.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

Also, you’re wearing clothing that embarrasses you, and you feel like everybody else is better at this game than you are.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

“They will be sickened and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive.”

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

"I really want parents to know that they can come to us before they reach crisis point and to not feel embarrassed or ashamed to have a little helping hand," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

“Some may be embarrassed, some may be quizzical.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

“I’m usually not embarrassed doing comedy,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Now that my anger is fading, I just feel embarrassed.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Part of Ferrell’s man-child trilogy with Adam McKay, the film follows a blowhard racecar driver as he works his way back to the winner’s circle following a dramatic and embarrassing wreck.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

In an embarrassing moment on July 31, according to the Financial Times, Vice President J.D.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

At 13, people were like, “Why are you so motivated to do this? It’s a bit embarrassing that you want to be an actor. What makes you think you can do that?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

For Farage, "while it's embarrassing for him to win against a dustbin, and not the mainstream parties, he will return as MP," said Catherine Barnard, a political expert at Cambridge University.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

When something happens, and it’s weird or embarrassing, you’re supposed to tell your best friends, aren’t you?

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee