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They resorted to the common, if infantile tactic of asking repeated simple but irrelevant questions in an attempt to embarrass their target.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

“In a Charley Chase film life often seems like a stream of unfortunate coincidences designed primarily to embarrass, incriminate, or otherwise inconvenience Chase in his bid to be a good solid citizen.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 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

Also, don’t embarrass your friend or shame her daughter by mentioning it to your friend, even in passing.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026

I just couldn't say anything that might embarrass him.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds

I was in my living room, sunk into the chaise lounge I retreat to, comfortable in a way that now embarrasses me, when I heard my mother’s voice in the other room calling my father.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

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

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025

As part of his application process, he wrote a “sappy, cheesy” personal statement, the memory of which embarrasses him now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

It does not help and often confuses them, not to mention embarrasses them.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024

Now strangers see them together and they think he’s her father, and that embarrasses them, though they smile and try to make light of it.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

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

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

It helped that Haverford President Wendy Raymond was embarrassed at a Congressional hearing that exposed the facts of the case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

"I have felt very self-conscious. There are certain social events I haven't gone to, as I was so embarrassed at the way my arms were looking and the way my face looked."

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

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

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

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

Cameron Hudson, a former State Department official, termed the mistake "stupid and embarrassing", saying it was the result of having "too junior staff performing work under-supervised".

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Looking to avoid an embarrassing L, the committee postponed the Blanche vote, which had been scheduled for Thursday.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

Except Ms. Ramirez doesn’t seem to notice how embarrassing she is.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish