Sentence examples for certain embarrassment from inspiring English sources

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

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

"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.

He says the process of re-presenting a lifetime's work came with a certain amount of embarrassment about rereading the work of a young man.

Will, at least, doesn't cry, and he teaches the boy little things, like which sneakers to wear and how to avoid certain kinds of embarrassment at school.

His also endured a certain amount of embarrassment when he tuned to sex in Vox, which was generally well received, and then The Fermata (1994), in which a man with the ability to stop time uses his talent to strip women naked, which provoked a more hostile response.