Sentence examples for global embarrassment from inspiring English sources

" Perhaps it was the specter of possible global embarrassment.

They should, because the UK's libel law is a global embarrassment and an affront to our liberties.

Amnesty International's campaign manager in Northern Ireland, Grainne Teggart, said the latest UN report demonstrated the region was a "global embarrassment" in terms of the rights of women and girls.

While the world is ratifying the Paris climate agreement in record time, Australia is becoming a global embarrassment for being the first developed country to go backwards on climate policy and fast-tracking the approval of new coalmines".

Actions have consequences, especially in these moments of global embarrassment for America.

How did the country go from world-class performer to global embarrassment in what seems like the blink of an eye?

Only when local measures blow up into national or global embarrassments, as they have in Mr. Chen's case, is the central government obliged to step in and order face-saving measures like investigations.

There's a great deal of ferment in Iran and Iran policy right now, but the fundamentals remain unchanged: Iran responds to unified global pressure and embarrassment, not to unilateral threats; and military and economic experts continue to warn that military action would unite Iranians, devastate the global economy and have unforeseeable knock-on security consequences.

After Trump wins the primary, the party's reputation is beaten down even more for a few months, since it is now officially led by a global and historical embarrassment.

A science class experiment by two teenage girls in New Zealand has led to public embarrassment for global pharmaceutical and food giant GlaxoSmithKline.

Snowden's flight to Russia, which like China challenges U.S. dominance of global diplomacy, is an embarrassment to President Barack Obama who has tried to "reset" ties with Moscow and build a partnership with Beijing.