embarrass

That does not just embarrass the network, it threatens the corporation itself.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

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

She said the "really concerning" cases were times when "the customer is disgruntled about something that's happened... they confront the shop worker, film and upload it in order to embarrass the retailer".

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

"And reason three,” Lindsey said, "is I gotta teach you how to shoot so you don't embarrass yourself.”

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

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

When I lived here as a teen, I wanted nothing more than to assimilate, to achieve what was expected of me, a fact that embarrasses me now.

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2023

You can tell a true war story if it embarrasses you.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

Kelly thinks that Aimee was embarrassed of the family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Yeah, the Cardinals — led by rookie head coach Mike LaFleur, the Rams’ former offensive coordinator — embarrassed the Bolts at home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

In Jablonec, Rangers were unspeakably awful, devoid of any cohesion, desire, threat, their manager reduced to saying how embarrassed and mortified he was multiple times post-match.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

“I’m kind of embarrassed, because I’ve never actually done this before, and there’s already people here,” she exclaimed in the video.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

The loss of self-control embarrassed him—he preferred not to talk about it—and he was deeply relieved when the attacks became less frequent and less severe.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Regardless, the Rams will spend this week moving on from their embarrassing loss.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

The fifth episode’s title, “Riches of Embarrassment,” is derived from a halftime rallying speech Ted delivers to soften the sting of Alice calling their first-half performance embarrassing.

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026

“Most people don’t want to be embarrassing and don’t want to turn in work that’s embarrassing,” she says.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

“Juiced” was modeled along the lines of “Punk’d,” the Ashton Kutcher-hosted hidden-camera show that set up the unsuspecting for embarrassing moments, a prominent example of cruelty as entertainment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Part of me was acting on tradition; part of me was worried about embarrassing myself and eating the wrong way—and part of me was thinking, I hope they ask me just one more time.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola