How to Use embarrassment in a Sentence
embarrassment
noun
- The scandal was a major embarrassment for the government.
- She couldn't hide her embarrassment.
- He's an embarrassment to his family.
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Fights can result in public lawsuits that can create tremendous embarrassment for the family, and massive legal fees.
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Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
13 Oct. 2024
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These numbers are unacceptable to any society and our educators should resign in embarrassment.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2024
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But the pangs of embarrassment and shame takes longer to go away.
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Kui Mwai,
Vogue,
29 Sep. 2023
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The derring is done, the empires are gone, the rest is silent embarrassment.
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Dominic Green,
WSJ,
10 Mar. 2023
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The embarrassment was on the other side of the ball on that occasion.
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Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Nov. 2023
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The only thing more palpable than the fear of embarrassment is the fear of death.
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Andre Swanston,
Fortune,
5 May 2023
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Your heart will go on, and your eyes will look away in embarrassment.
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A.a. Dowd,
Chron,
5 May 2023
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None agreed to speak on the record, citing the fear of public embarrassment.
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David Klepper,
Fortune Well,
31 Jan. 2024
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Being able to say those things gets rid of the embarrassment.
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New York Times,
29 Feb. 2024
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My driving life up to that point had been a source of embarrassment.
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Dan Hernandez,
Longreads,
28 Feb. 2023
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Go with the Hall of Fame coach bouncing back from embarrassment.
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Sam Farmer,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Oct. 2023
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Snyder has been a constant source of embarrassment to the league for quite some time now.
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Nancy Armour,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2023
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There is a truth that the palace tried (and continues to try) to bury, whether out of duty, embarrassment, or a tepid brew of both.
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Lauren Puckett-Pope,
ELLE,
9 Nov. 2022
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Affleck signals to Ice Spice to jump in as the camera cuts to the singer with a joking look of shock and embarrassment on her face.
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Sam Burros,
Peoplemag,
13 Sep. 2023
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But the Patriots’ last play against the Raiders last week was an embarrassment.
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USA TODAY,
23 Dec. 2022
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The mood in the room went from warm and joyful to uncomfortable frowns and embarrassment.
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Bill Dwyre,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Nov. 2023
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The 4-1 embarrassment to open the Colorado Rapids’ season wasn’t a fluke after all.
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Braidon Nourse,
The Denver Post,
2 Aug. 2024
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There’s something to be said for embarrassment—even for shame.
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Lance Morrow,
WSJ,
14 Nov. 2022
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This can lead to feelings of shame, embarrassment, and a diminished sense of self-worth.
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Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
31 May 2024
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For decades, it was seen as an embarrassment to be ignored, but that stance has softened over time.
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Robert Annis,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2023
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In fact, the Reichsbürger has been an embarrassment for the far right.
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Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2022
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The staff running the center-ice videoboard didn’t show a replay of the goal, to save Bennett from further embarrassment.
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Globe Staff,
BostonGlobe.com,
28 Jan. 2023
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The man laughed, but the mother noticed his embarrassment.
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Madhuri Vijay,
The Atlantic,
28 Sep. 2022
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This can lead to embarrassment, as well as not wanting to frequent that bakery, any more — at least on my part.
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Amy Dickinson,
Washington Post,
16 Dec. 2023
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Fort Lauderdale’s beachfront strip, as it was known, had become a tawdry embarrassment, Dressler said at the time.
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Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
22 June 2024
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The last outing was an embarrassment for the Bengals, a 32-13 rout in Cleveland on Halloween.
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Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com,
al,
11 Dec. 2022
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Own your embarrassment and apologize for the effects of your choice on them.
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Amy Dickinson,
Washington Post,
29 Nov. 2023
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