Sentence examples for embarrassing those from inspiring English sources

"I have no interest in embarrassing those people or dragging this out," he said.

Then, moving from desk to desk, he'd poll the students, embarrassing those honest enough to confess their ignorance.

By the 14th century it had become customary to appoint a trained reader to do the actual reading to avoid embarrassing those whose knowledge of Hebrew was inadequate.

Each pupil's strengths and weaknesses can be closely monitored without stigmatising those who are struggling or embarrassing those are streaking ahead.

We decided that it was only right and proper to actually examine just how embarrassing those photos were.

More recently, the attribution of a 17th-century painting of Samson and Delilah (bought in 1980) to Rubens has been contested by a group of art historians, who believe that the National Gallery has not admitted the mistake to avoid embarrassing those who were involved in the purchase, many of whom still work for the Gallery.

All this is done smilingly, without embarrassment, and is thus guaranteed to embarrass those viewers who are struggling to place the movie as they would a misremembered friend.

The shame of his rejection should greatly embarrass those who voted to exclude him.

The high-profile artist should be applauded for using her cultural capital to embarrass those concerned.

As an added bonus, they could also embarrass those who welcomed their apparent climbdown.

This new policy-wonkiness has surprised and, on occasion, embarrassed those around me.