Sentence examples for embarrassments in a from inspiring English sources

The scandal, involving about a decade of work, is the latest in a string of embarrassments in a field that critics and statisticians say badly needs to overhaul how it treats research results.

It is the servant problem.In Britain David Blunkett, the home secretary, has resigned over an embarrassment (or one of many embarrassments, in a story involving his ex-girlfriend, her husband, two pregnancies and some DNA) concerning a visa for a Filipina nanny employed by his mistress (see article).

American historians suffered embarrassment in a notorious case about a decade ago.

Harvard University psychologist Marc Hauser has observed what could be called embarrassment in a male rhesus monkey.

But his comments will cause embarrassment in a papal entourage already jittery about criticism aimed at the Pope.

A minority government that was polling badly has now suffered an embarrassment in a key policy area.

And her campy, troll-like Glove Seller was an embarrassment in a dimwitted new production of "Gaîté Parisienne".

The win stopped the Mets' home losing streak at nine games, the sixth longest in club history and an embarrassment in a season that has lost its charm.

Above all, it has made risk possible, with its "right to fail" philosophy; this can provoke embarrassment in a big space, but seems perfectly acceptable in a small one.

For the Mets, it was a doubleheader of victory and embarrassment in a season that has had plenty of both, but is now starting to come apart at the seams.

It was the second major embarrassment in a week for the police: A video surfaced showing an unprovoked assault by an officer on an unarmed man during street protests in London on April 1; the man later died.