embarrass

More than revenge, Cassie wants to embarrass potential assailants and jolt them, however briefly, out of their repugnant misogyny.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 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

“In a Charley Chase film life often seems like a stream of unfortunate coincidences designed primarily to embarrass, incriminate, or otherwise inconvenience Chase in his bid to be a good solid citizen.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

As a place that came of age with the automobile, Los Angeles is a sprawl of freeways with a public transport system that would embarrass any medium-sized European city.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

We both dug, with him going double fast to embarrass me into doing it better, till we had a hole big enough to fit a cocker spaniel.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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 greatly to read the pages dealing with subjects that I remembered as being nicer than they actually were.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

"I did feel a little bit embarrassed to say I was doing it," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

But to be embarrassed, one must first get the chance to be embarrassed.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

His father, less a bully but now a user, had wheedled his way onto the set of “Rocky” and embarrassed him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

I’m embarrassed Eddie asked her like that, but I’m also disappointed at her answer.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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

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

The lie collapsed with almost embarrassing speed, and the people who spread it now face potential legal exposure.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

It was terrifying and epically embarrassing and basically a nightmare.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell