embarrassment
Example Sentences
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The group were captured immediately, leading to international embarrassment for the U.S. and for the young president, who took responsibility in public and, behind closed doors, vowed to never trust the CIA again.
From Salon
I don’t know what she’s talking about, and I’m filled with the feeling that has become familiar in my encounters with her: embarrassment.
From Literature
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I laughed at my own joke, a move so far beyond cool that my head actually exploded from embarrassment.
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I felt my cheeks burn a little in embarrassment, but I brushed it off.
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Meanwhile, he added, Iranian attacks on Gulf states have removed any embarrassment that these monarchies had in cooperating with the U.S. military campaign.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.