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embarrassing situation
noun as in sticky wicket
Example Sentences
There are always going to be people who try to shoot videos because of a human attraction to violence or to catch someone in an embarrassing situation.
To avoid an embarrassing situation and making everyone around you miserable, you should bring headphones for your kids with you on every trip.
Mr. Isaacson, who has published highly praised biographies of such figures as Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs, is now grappling with an embarrassing situation as publications update their coverage from last week.
At a Democratic caucus meeting, Rivas declared that the embarrassing situation needed to be fixed.
Asked about the hearing, Savage said, “This was a very embarrassing situation to witness and was not what I anticipated from my expectations of his formidable legal reputation as a premier plaintiff’s attorney at that time.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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