Sentence examples for a certain embarrassment from inspiring English sources

Few intellectuals today speak of "the truth" without a certain embarrassment.

But when the discussion turns to France's antiquated and underfinanced system of higher education, Gallic pride gives way to defensiveness, and even a certain embarrassment.

All in all, then, a certain embarrassment at the recollection of times past is perhaps in order as the Blairs prepare for their visit to Balmoral this weekend.

"It's a certain embarrassment to Phillips-Van Heusen and Mr. Klein personally, but it's not a major issue yet," he said.

It was the time of the Vietnam War, and the tasks of working and thinking were taught but there was a certain embarrassment if you were too materialistic or capitalistic.

Undeterred, Haitian Foreign Minister Joseph Philippe Antonio told Radio Solidarity in a recent interview that the French are showing "a certain embarrassment" in deflecting the restitution claim with reference to aid projects.

Which is why the site Dear Old Love, which takes excerpts from your unsent letters written to old lovers and posts them anonymously, allowing you to reroute them from certain embarrassment to the Internet, is so much more than just a Web site.

In addition, Mr. Ban is believed to be trying to spare the Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, certain embarrassment.

"To me, there's a certain amount of embarrassment that comes with it.

Less acknowledged, perhaps, is that with age comes a certain imperviousness to embarrassment.

In fact, it's a view which causes a certain amount of embarrassment to the leadership of nations which are acting through the Security Council in this respect.