embarrass

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

What struck me were my father’s words: “Never embarrass the family name.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 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

He didn’t want to embarrass himself with his imperfect chopping technique.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

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

"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

But the question just embarrasses us both, given our history.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

He says he was not embarrassed at all.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

I was embarrassed watching “Alley Cats” with myself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

He became embarrassed after he was caught fabricating or embellishing stories about playing college baseball, responding to protest scenes and an award he won in the police academy, according to the motion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

She was too embarrassed to admit she had not yet written more than ten words.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

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

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

Her symptoms, which include blurry vision, struggling to recall "basic words" in conversation and feeling unfocused, can be embarrassing to deal with at work, she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

There was no need for an embarrassing walk to the correct classroom.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai