Sentence examples for embarrassing description from inspiring English sources
But in 1993 its editor, Auberon Waugh, created a monster, soon to raise its ugly head again – the bad sex award, a prize for the most embarrassing description of sex in a new novel.
In the context of that embarrassing description of our collective personality, White's photographs of stones and pebbles on unpolluted beaches, of whiter-than-white icicles could provide an oasis for the eyes.
It is actually embarrassing to read your description of the thought process by which use of the term "torture" was evaded for describing torture.
Those awarding the prize should be compelled to cite literary passages that they think are good sex: ie, explicit descriptions of sex that are not embarrassing.
All claimants had to provide medical records and detailed descriptions of personal hygiene and sexual activity, and for many this was impossible or embarrassing.
It was typical of Winton that he intensely disliked the frequent description of him as "the British Schindler", seeing the latter as a far greater figure and finding the accolade embarrassing.
(A sampling of pundit-class descriptions of Obama's Syria performance: "head-spinning reversal," "flaccid," "stuck in a box," "confused, erratic," "debacle," "embarrassing spectacle").
Nevertheless: embarrassing.
