embarrassment

Example Sentences

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When the hearing resumed, what followed was, by all accounts, a catastrophic embarrassment for the committee — one entirely of its own making.

From Salon

The indictment and collapse of AllHere was an embarrassment for Carvalho and the school system but did not appear to represent a major financial exposure.

From Los Angeles Times

He could only imagine how unpresentable he looked, but he purposely didn’t imagine it because the embarrassment would be too great.

From Literature

Lord Mandelson resigns his membership of the Labour Party, saying he does not want to "cause further embarrassment" over his links to Epstein.

From BBC

Sam Underhill has urged his England team-mates to "trust each other and the coaches" as they look to avoid yet more Six Nations embarrassment against Italy.

From Barron's