Sentence examples for embarrassing spectacle from inspiring English sources

Friday evening brought Mr. Miller's second offering, "The Nauru Elegies," a well meaning but embarrassing spectacle ostensibly related to the collection of Oceanic art.

(A sampling of pundit-class descriptions of Obama's Syria performance: "head-spinning reversal," "flaccid," "stuck in a box," "confused, erratic," "debacle," "embarrassing spectacle").

According to the Atlantic's Molly Ball, at least one GOP source admitted its leaders wanted to avoid an "embarrassing spectacle".

We had the embarrassing spectacle of a Home Secretary who does now know what she agreed to, how its being implemented or how great security risks have been.

Plibersek said that followed the embarrassing spectacle of Abbott "washing Australia's dirty laundry" by talking about domestic issues at the Davos conference.

Commissioner Stefan Fule reiterated the need for "fair, transparent, and independent legal processes,"   Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt described the trial and arrest of Ms. Tymoshenko as "an embarrassing spectacle" that is causing Ukraine "great damage".

It was one of those embarrassing, exhilarating spectacles people hope for when they watch the Oscars.

Even Castro became embarrassed by the spectacle of so many people clamoring to leave the island.

Either way, it was clear that Stern was embarrassed by the spectacle.

Evidently nobody in 1967 was embarrassed by the spectacle of grown women, dressed up as 10-year-olds, prancing about on the stage.

But, if borne out, the report would come at a delicate time for the British intelligence services, under pressure to be more open about their operations and likely to be deeply embarrassed by the spectacle of being duped in a country where they devote much attention to intelligence-gathering.