Sentence examples similar to defuse embarrassment from inspiring English sources
Could the appointment of the outspoken Speziale, a former NYPD detective, have been an attempt by Christie's camp to defuse any embarrassment the Sphinx Trading scandal might have in Christie's upcoming bid for the White House?
Yet the frenzied days and sleepless nights seem to have averted a major embarrassment for the administration and defused a crisis that threatened to upend relations between the two countries.
Instead of taking public embarrassment personally, Scott played it down and ultimately defused it.
Mr. Huang's release defuses a situation that threatened to become a major political embarrassment for China, at a time when its government is preparing to open a $7 million celebration of Chinese culture this week in the United States.
It would fail to defuse an issue that has haunted Scotland's politics, bruised its relations with England and caused embarrassment for Britain abroad.Thatcher's childrenThe campaign to devolve power to Scotland has deep roots.
There was no way to defuse the tension will continue to build until the Yankees play better, no way to defuse the embarrassment, and there were no smiles to extract.
Resentment.... Embarrassment.
Diplomatic embarrassment?
