Sentence examples for embarrassing extent from inspiring English sources

And that, to some extent — a frustrating and at times embarrassing extent — continues.

Everton, all one- and two- touch passing, initially dominated possession to an almost embarrassing extent.

To an almost embarrassing extent, Baraka's voice was a template for my early literary efforts.

To an almost embarrassing extent, they all come down to just five words: southern whites starting voting Republican.

With a five-man midfield behind Dieumerci Mbokani - Hull's lone, not to mention sole fit, striker - his side started well, initially monopolising possession to an almost embarrassing extent.

But reading the books is a lovely experience, and it's never felt for me, at least not to an embarrassing extent, as if I'm reading a young-adult novel.

My most recent viewing of Les Mis was the film version, and I was honestly embarrassed at the extent of my weeping as Anne Hathaway – Fantine – died.

I'm embarrassed at the extent I've gone to, but when it comes to my kids' milk, I do what I can," said Ana Ferreras, a 44-year-old lawyer.

Congress is genuinely embarrassed by the extent of sexual assault in the military.

But Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, the director-general of MI5, is bracing herself for embarrassing revelations on the full extent of what the British intelligence community knew about the bombers, and in particular the ringleader of the attacks, Mohammad Sidique Khan.

The uncomfortable performance of former Times legal manager Alastair Brett at the Leveson inquiry last month — during which he admitted that an email he had sent in relation to the NightJack hacking affair had been "oblique to an extent which is embarrassing" — made for nails-on-a-blackboard viewing.