Sentence examples for embarrassing roles from inspiring English sources
Most of the digital special effects look cheesy, and Terrence Howard and Gwyneth Paltrow drag themselves through embarrassing roles, but Jeff Bridges, as Obadiah Stane, Tony's treacherous No. 2 at the arms company, performs with professional skill.
Somehow, Blake Edwards, in a uniquely bad directorial decision, got Rooney into one of the most embarrassing roles of all time, as an absurdly stereotyped Japanese man, in the greatly overrated "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
How can we sit back and simply let our beloved stories mirror lingering and embarrassing gender roles that barely have a place in today's culture, less so in our futuristic fantasies?
In Linzy's words: "I'm still learning where I fit in with all these personas... Sometimes these roles are embarrassing, but the more embarrassed I feel, the better it is for the audience, a relative once said to me.
An actor, desperate for a part, begins to strip to prove he will play the role, embarrassing the playwright.
Some say the European Union, which regularly puts out statistics on the subject, played a big role in embarrassing France.
Not only does he profess a strong pro-life orientation, he was a member of President Bush's bioethics council and last year found himself ensnared in a briefly embarrassing disclosure of his role in a study involving stem cells in the early 1990s.
The elders do not want their semi-retirement spoiled by political liberalisation, not least because it would lead sooner or later to embarrassing public questions about their roles during the Tiananmen Square massacre.
I'm so embarrassed!" Embarrassed because "I really do believe that if I would have auditioned for this role I wouldn't have gotten it.
This Israeli government insists on embarrassing the United States and its role as peace broker.
Many LJM2 investors say they are embarrassed by their role in a partnership that has come to exemplify the self-dealing and greed of the Enron scandal.
