Sentence examples for embarrassment though from inspiring English sources

Bit of an embarrassment, though, for the Orange prize.

That moderate embarrassment, though, was nothing compared with this: There was an experienced theater reviewer in the room — me — who, when asked, failed to come up with a single lyric from one of the most beloved musicals.

He disappeared, and in 1996 his skeleton was found in a village in Jharkhand.For the Congress-led government that Mr Soren has just quit, his conviction is an embarrassment, though not a life-threatening one.

Common conditions such as neonatal and infantile acne, milia and cradle cap can ignite worries, and even cause some parents embarrassment (though they might be ashamed to admit it).

That the same has happened with stewarding, albeit on a lesser scale, is a source of some embarrassment, though Mr Robertson said that, given the extra costs are a response to the vast crowds at the jubilee and the torch relay, "you could say we were managing success".

It was Mary's "fragrant" appearance during the 1987 court case that helped Jeffrey win libel damages of £500,000; and it was during her directorship at Anglia that she brushed off Jeffrey's share-dealing in the company as a "needless embarrassment", though it became a subject of a Department of Trade and Industry investigation.

Instead of "I love you!" she would be better off sticking with "Have a nice day!" Some office embarrassments, though, are worse than others, especially when they involve the feelings or emotions of a co-worker.

For the BHA, the collapse of the trial must be considered an embarrassment, even though it is the City Of London Police who have been dealing with the case since the racing authorities passed it on to them.

I could have gulped down the expense and bought a ticket days earlier, but I was stopped by something that I can only describe as embarrassment, as though it would be presumptuous to assume that my presence would be meaningful, to myself or to anyone else.

Much of "Superbad" was played for broad comedy, but there are miraculous small moments, too — the way, for instance, the high-school boys want to look at the girls' bodies but turn away in embarrassment, even though the girls are eager to be looked at.

If there is anything about dating or kissing in a movie, she puts her hands over my eyes, or looks at me with an outrageous expression of embarrassment, as though I were the one who should not be exposed to these facts of life.