Sentence examples for embarrassing use of from inspiring English sources

Mr. Kennedy recounts many unpleasant episodes, like the embarrassing use of the term by Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia in a public appearance last march.

A mistake in handling manuscripts--not deliberate copying--led to an embarrassing use of borrowed text in a recent paper on the use of human embryonic stem cells, claims one of the authors, Karim Nayernia of Newcastle University in the United Kingdom.

Marr said he felt "uneasy" and "embarrassed" about the use of the high court injunction, which he won in 2008 to suppress reports of an extramarital affair.

But unlike old friends and peers Mumford & Sons, who now seem embarrassed about their use of the instrument (even though the band's Winston Marshall sports a banjo tattoo), the Bear's Den trio are unbothered.

Time to administer these health literacy assessments, as well as the potential to embarrass patients through the use of such assessments, lead to the development of using screening questions for the quick and unobtrusive identification of those with limited or marginal functional health literacy skills [ 25- 27].

Velocity is, on one level, about a young American man who has received what he calls an "embarrassing" amount of money and uses the funds to travel the world trying to give it away.

Use good, funny, and embarrassing photos of you and friend.

With statement B5, a strong majority of participants indicated that they would not be embarrassed to use the RATD, suggesting that the participants do not perceive any negative social bias toward the device.

He seems faintly embarrassed by Washington's lifelong use of deception, and he spends a lot of time making excuses.

Don't be embarrassed to use a grenade launcher.

Mr. Chlapowski's short term has been marred by two embarrassing accounting errors and by the use of an investment vehicle that profited its top executives.