Sentence examples for embarrassing at best from inspiring English sources

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To learn that the administration's second-in-command was delinquent in his financial responsibilities to the government, they said, was embarrassing at best.

Tony Leon, a former South African opposition leader and ambassador, said: "It's deeply embarrassing at best.

However, it's not always appropriate to give compliments — doing so at inopportune times can be slightly embarrassing at best (and a major faux pas at worst).

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Which would be embarrassing at the best of times, but with public-spending cuts looming and NASA's budget flat for the foreseeable future, it is causing real strains.In July, irritated by the JWST's rising costs, the House of Representatives tried to cut $1.9 billion from NASA's budget for next year, in an attempt to have the project cancelled.

"It's not embarrassing at all.

"It's embarrassing at times.

"It's not embarrassing at all," said Regan.

"Cardiff Blues are embarrassing at the moment," Williams said.

He said, "It was really embarrassing at first, but I got used to it after a while".

Tell her it's embarrassing at school.

Josh's embarrassing best mate (and indeed best man) is Danny, played by Stephen Merchant, whose comedy has a heavy Gervaisian residue at odds with the tone of the rest.

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