embarrass

Wainschel’s post, which was OK’d by his daughter on the condition he didn’t embarrass her, didn’t lead to a job but did result in productive conversations, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

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

"But I don't want to embarrass her in front of everybody."

From "Sleepover Sleuths: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #1" by Carolyn Keene

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

No one embarrasses himself — it’s all polished, pleasant, anonymous and unobjectionable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 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

The characters say something and mean something else, but the connection is so obvious it embarrasses the reader.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

What financial skill do you feel like you “should” have by now but are too embarrassed to ask about?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

Some people are embarrassed or they feel there’s nothing that can be done, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

In January, Ward said he was "not embarrassed" after his restaurant was given a one-star food hygiene rating following an inspection in November 2025.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

“There was a definite shortfall of manners on this trip, and I left this trip feeling embarrassed and taken advantage of.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Paris and Kat looked embarrassed, but Rio was devastated.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

"People don't talk about having no friends a lot... I think it's still what people would consider embarrassing or a little taboo," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

The latest incident follows several embarrassing episodes this season with the Giants, who through Thursday are 47-62 and 22 games behind the first-place Dodgers in the National League West.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

The most embarrassing entries relate Dr. Fauci’s fixation with his own press coverage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

I’d elbowed his chest, a warning not to encourage my mom’s obsession for embarrassing costumes.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas