Sentence examples for embarrassment it from inspiring English sources

The government insists this is no put-up job, though to its embarrassment it soon emerged that the accuser had met Mr Badawi's deputy, Najib Razak, and other government officials.

And, despite Welby's embarrassment, it did not breach its ethical investment policy as Accel, the firm in question, did not commit 25% of its capital to Wonga.

The Chinese Communist Party is trying to turn the worst embarrassment it has suffered in recent years into an advertisement for its virtues.

"The report was an embarrassment, it was worse than useless.

If there was embarrassment, it was for falling on such an easy trick.

They might also worry about the potential embarrassment it brings for the family.

Far from a national embarrassment, it might just be what saved football.

For their sake, Congress should reject the Cantor proposal as the national embarrassment it plainly is.

And in a further embarrassment, it added "French likely to be most difficult".

On a scale of embarrassment, it is difficult to imagine anything worse.

To my embarrassment, it also appeared to be causing a sneezing fit in my seatmate.