Sentence examples for embarrassing error from inspiring English sources

The Government has dramatically halted its controversial police funding reforms after the policing minister Mike Penning apologised to Parliament for an "embarrassing" error in its calculations.

It took the shock of an outright, embarrassing error to shake the faith of the Very Serious People in a result they really wanted to believe.

We both made one embarrassing error.

It was a hugely embarrassing error.

Palestinian officials in the West Bank, meanwhile, admitted an embarrassing error.

The most embarrassing error came at the Canadian Grand Prix on June 8, when Hamilton crashed at 45 m.p.h.

Alongside tweets containing typos, grammar mistakes or bad pictures, however, you can also find partisan statements, endorsements, meetings with foreign leaders and embarrassing errors.

There's already been one embarrassing pronunciation error so far in the 2015 Oscars campaign – Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs referred to cinematographer Dick Pope as "Dick Poop" during the nominations announcement.

Mr. Chlapowski's short term has been marred by two embarrassing accounting errors and by the use of an investment vehicle that profited its top executives.

Tom Savage threw for two touchdowns, and host Rutgers forced four turnovers, blocked a punt and had seven sacks in embarrassing the error-prone Bulls, 31-0, in a nationally televised game on Thursday night.

[C18.] Swiss Insurer Ousts Its Chief Swiss Life dismissed its chief executive, Roland Chaplowski, whose short term has been marred by two embarrassing accounting errors and by the use of an investment vehicle that profited its top executives.