Sentence examples for embarrassing protest from inspiring English sources

Alison Carnwath, a high-profile serial director with a seat in the boardrooms of a number of major companies, has become a focus of discontent among investors after suffering an embarrassing protest vote by investors at hedge fund Man.

1 May: Carnwath, a high-profile serial director with a seat in the boardrooms of a number of major companies, has become a focus of discontent among investors after suffering an embarrassing protest vote by investors at Man.

JERUSALEM, Aug. 3 — Trying to forestall an embarrassing protest march by survivors of the Holocaust, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel on Friday agreed to rethink a widely criticized plan to give them a monthly stipend of about $20.

An embarrassing protest at the lighting ceremony of the Olympic torch in Greece, and the cries of monks in Lhasa who disrupted a scripted tour of the Tibetan capital for foreign reporters on Thursday, portend a steady drum roll of criticism of China.

If China feared embarrassing protests by its minorities while the world looked on, then this pre-emptive oppression made such protests almost inevitable – and set a fire that continues to burn in the most tragic way imaginable.

It was reported that in making that announcement, they had probably staved off embarrassing protests such as the one that took place last night.

Embarrassed, Rafe protested that it was only a first draft.

The BBC's Wyre Davies, who was at the station, said the protests were "embarrassing" for the authorities.

Mr Brown also faces the embarrassing prospect of a mass protest over pay in central London.

It's good that there's a W.R.C. out there noisily protesting sweatshops and embarrassing companies.

Plus the publicity is embarrassing for those you are protesting against.