embarrassment
Example Sentences
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And because this year there was an embarrassment of riches as far as Latino films goes, here are some honorable mentions we just had to include:
From Los Angeles Times
Mei, a 71-year-old licensed acupuncturist who asked to not use her full name out of embarrassment, said a broker introduced her to the GPB investment funds at a lunch meeting targeting divorced women.
From Los Angeles Times
But for the top class of NBA superstars, such an embarrassment of talents can actually present a problem.
The heist has been an embarrassment for the French government and a sign of a broader problem: France is full of cultural treasures, but has dwindling financial resources to protect them.
Australia faces a choice familiar to other liberal democracies: whether to confront antisemitism clearly and decisively or to continue managing it as an embarrassment to be explained away.
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