Sentence examples for challenged embarrassment from inspiring English sources

"The House Republican caucus has added yet another ethically challenged embarrassment who will be an albatross around the neck of every Republican forced to answer for Mark Sanford's embarrassing and reckless behavior," said Alixandria Lapp, whose super PAC House Majority PAC supports Democrats and ran TV ads against Sanford.

His jocular view that a defeat for Hitler would mean a victory for bolshevism was highlighted in a series of controversial interviews, which caused him much embarrassment when challenged and which he regretted afterwards.

A large part of resilience is being able to take on new challenges, but embarrassment, which is defined as a fear of losing standing in others' eyes, causes us to shrink from these opportunities.

Carter challenged the assumption that Piazza had been avoiding first to prevent possible embarrassment, noting that erratic play behind the plate can be just as distressing.

Many boards are reliant on a few members to carry out most of the challenges and the others do not offer their own challenge out of embarrassment or lack of preparedness.

Urban ironing might seem less challenging, its difficulty lying "in the extreme embarrassment of ironing on a street in front of large crowds," Mr. Shaw wrote.

And there is surely a reason for this: this role offers an extra challenge, an added embarrassment, to theodicy.

To his embarrassment Mr Blair even took to the despatch box to challenge Mr Howard.

I begin to wonder whether challenging the double Olympic and World champion to a race is going to end in embarrassment.

"You challenge yourself in a different way from work, but without any of the risks or the embarrassment if you fail".

Such legal challenges would be a huge embarrassment to Sarkozy, especially during his rightwing government's ill-conceived national identity debate which is allowing racist and Islamophobic views to masquerade as 21st-century patriotism.