Sentence examples for embarrassing consequences from inspiring English sources

What separates the two families of EM Forster's novel Howards End is that the Schlegels worry about how to make the world fairer, with occasionally embarrassing consequences, while the Wilcoxes worry about their stocks and shares.

He and other passengers mounted a Twitter campaign to try to improve conditions, which were so bad one passenger was unable to get through the crush to the toilets with highly embarrassing consequences.

That had embarrassing consequences recently when jockey Sam Twaston-Davies was a guest on the day that one paper revealed he had been given the ride on Big Buck's: no one in the studio had read the piece and he was not asked about it.

Another challenge that derives from our lack of understanding and control are unintended and embarrassing consequences that arise from flawed models such as algorithmic bias and bigoted bots.

But while not in outright contradiction with IId2, the idea that two distinct individuals might agree entirely in their essences has quite implausible and embarrassing consequences when taken in concert with it.

From the Christian perspective, this leads to disastrous and embarrassing consequences for Gawain as he is forced to reevaluate his faith when the Green Knight points out his betrayal.

This time, trying to change hundreds of provisions of the federal tax code in a month-long sprint will inevitably yield embarrassing mistakes and unintended consequences.

Although most found the idea of testing acceptable, some participants worried that the test would be embarrassing or uncomfortable, feared the consequences of a positive outcome or, being in a monogamous relationship, saw no need for it.

These readers are unwilling to enter into the turbulent adventures of such characters because they fear and are embarrassed by the consequences of their actions and hate the resolution whether these bad kids of fiction get away with it or are punished.

A weak Iraq has no practical consequences for United States other than embarrassing the promoters and enablers of the invasion who seem quite able to surmount any embarrassment.

But Yahoo's choices had consequences, resulting in a series of embarrassing security failures over the last four years.