Sentence examples similar to a compounding embarrassment from inspiring English sources
Whether the BBC fell short in its reporting and missed the story or had the story and lacked the nerve, it is a significant embarrassment, compounded by the hard question of why the widespread rumors of Savile's behavior were ignored for so long.
"Whether the BBC fell short in its reporting and missed the story or had the story and lacked the nerve, it is a significant embarrassment, compounded by the hard question of why the widespread rumors of Savile's behavior were ignored for so long," Keller wrote.
Trump's first choice of a replacement — retired Navy Vice Adm. Robert Harward — turned him down, compounding the embarrassment surrounding the episode.
Compounding the embarrassment, Morrow announced that he was running for President himself.
His full quote shows that all he really meant is that America is losing big time, and that claiming to be "exceptional" in that context only makes us look like bigger losers, compounding the embarrassment.
Only five days later -- timing that almost certainly compounded his embarrassment -- a sealed document popped up on the court's Web site that included the woman's name.
Imagine how red-faced she must have been when she committed just such an illegal act, and how compounded that embarrassment must have been when that infraction led to an automobile accident.
A soft performance would also compound the embarrassment of "The Love Guru," the Mike Myers raunchfest that flopped when Paramount released it in June.
Hurd's arrest and the scope of his alleged involvement in the drug trade was an embarrassment, compounded by the revelation that he was under investigation in Texas when the Bears signed him.
The dire figures were later compounded by embarrassment when M&S was forced to issue a second stock exchange announcement on Thursday admitting it had got some of its sales figures wrong.
