Sentence examples for embarrassing efforts from inspiring English sources

Were the judging panel about to be subjected to some embarrassing efforts?

Mr. Bush should not be embarrassed by efforts to improve the administration of justice in Texas.

They are also not overly impressed by the embarrassing final act efforts to secure a sequel.

The failure to prevent the arsenic poisonings was considered embarrassing, and little effort was made to broadcast the lessons outside of Japan.

It didn't get them anywhere, but their efforts were highly embarrassing to the Trump campaign.

It was only three weeks ago that the Bush administration met with embarrassing failure in its efforts to get a clear mandate for military action from the Security Council.

The Taliban under Mansour had succeeded in repeatedly embarrassing the US-led effort in Afghanistan with tenacious and audacious shows of striking power and deep influence over vast swathes of the Central Asian failed state.

Some parents are, frankly, embarrassed by their efforts to keep their children nearby, fearing that they will be perceived as provincial.

Starbucks was accused by some Ethiopian farmers and by the relief organization Oxfam of trying to block those efforts, which was embarrassing for a company that promotes its social responsibility.

"While it was embarrassing, it only increased our effort to get it". .

The cables also record embarrassing mistakes in the embassy's efforts to manage its relationships with Pakistan's power elite.