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embarrass

[em-bar-uhs] / ɛmˈbær əs /


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But as Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil continue to embarrass themselves publicly, some wonder what responsibility Winfrey feels for making them famous.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Beneath that story on the front page, a cartoon of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor reading Earl Spencer's book shows the former prince asking "how dare he embarrass the King! That's my job!"

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

This clearly sounds like a blazing hot take that will chill soon and embarrass often.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

She must have wanted to tell him the rules without calling him out to embarrass him.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

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

That just takes 80-something victories, and any owner suggesting it is inordinately challenging to compete for a playoff spot should sell before he embarrasses himself any further.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025

"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

It embarrasses me to write that, but it’s true.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

Many prominent men have already been publicly embarrassed by their ties to Epstein.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

For their part, they were probably embarrassed to realize that you had given enough and erected an invisible, though unmistakable, boundary between the two households.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

It made me well up, which embarrassed me until I glanced around the room and noticed a few others dabbing their eyes, too.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

"We know that parents can feel awkward, embarrassed or even guilty about asking someone not to kiss their baby, wash their hands or keep their distance when they're unwell," chief executive Jenny Ward said.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Cassiopeia was both pleased and embarrassed at being singled out by Lady Constance, and this confusion made her even more agitated than her brothers.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

The $390 million Dodgers still have bristles in their behinds from the embarrassing revenge sweep Milwaukee put on them in the NLCS.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

"The letters themselves are really embarrassing, and if I was to make something up it wouldn't have all that excruciatingly awful stuff in it."

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

I love the strange emotion in these songs — the feeling that you might as well say what you want because the only thing more embarrassing than taking a risk is not taking one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

The Roadster demo “was an engineering flex with no commercial value beyond embarrassing traditional car makers,” Gene Munster, managing partner at Deepwater Asset Management, wrote on X.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Something humiliating, although, if I was lucky, the letter would contain something embarrassing.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin


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