Sentence examples for border on the embarrassing from inspiring English sources

He is bullish on Monster, he wrote, but falling revenue and mounting losses for the search and temporary-help units border "on the embarrassing".

The extent of his early gifts, to hear others tell it, borders on the embarrassing.

(I'm such a fan, I'm bordering on groupie, embarrassing as that may be).

As an American, it was sobering - bordering on embarrassing - to see the difference between the U.S. and Australia's highway and transportation infrastructure.

On Thursday another ingredient was added to the embarrassing slide show: rain.

At the time of writing he was in preparation for his new Broadway revival of "West Side Story," and he takes a swipe at the "embarrassing" acting in the 1961 film version, which, he seems to believe, bordered on racist.

The embarrassing Asia Times Online report was published on Pervaiz's second day in command.

("A tiny flicker of motion fifty yards away gets their attention like a slap in the face," Hutto writes of his flock, astonished by a sensory ability that "borders on the supernatural" and regularly embarrassed by how dull and dumb he seems in comparison).

Some border on the surreal.

Their exchanges sometimes border on the trite.

Some riders border on the ridiculous.