Sentence examples for a profound embarrassment from inspiring English sources

For the business secretary, the capitulation of the Cadbury board is a profound embarrassment.

The Pulitzer was returned, Ms. Cooke resigned, and the episode was a profound embarrassment for The Post.

The strange war ended on June 10 , 1999 an indecisive victory for NATO and air power, and a profound embarrassment for the United States Army.

As expected, he survived it, but the vote count was a profound embarrassment: 55 out of 77 deputies voted against the government.

The collapse of the Stevens case was a profound embarrassment for the Justice Department, and it raised troubling issues about the integrity of the actions of prosecutors who wield enormous power over people they investigate.

The incident has clearly been a profound embarrassment to Mr Whitelaw, who has often found himself under fire from his own backbenchers on the sensitive issue of law and order.

His parents were "a conspiracy, a plot against society," as he saw it, but also a source of profound embarrassment.

The appointment "is an act of profound embarrassment for the Armed Forces and a threat to all of us," wrote Mr. Arria, who is seeking the opposition presidential nomination but is not considered a front runner.

They are a source of profound embarrassment and shame.

The Metropolitan Police is facing profound embarrassment after a report concluded there were strong suspicions that a lead detective on the original Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry was corrupt.

The ambush, and the presidential pardon that allowed the insurgent to go free, have become the subject of a governmental inquest and the source of profound embarrassment for the Afghan government.