Sentence examples for grave embarrassment from inspiring English sources

Expulsion, it was explained, would cause his family grave embarrassment.

Endorsement would taint the victory of "his" candidate; or, should the candidate lose, cause grave embarrassment to Mr Karzai.

The whole thing seemed a grave embarrassment although the truth was that, except for the boys, maybe we didn't understand       mechanics.

If Ryan's bill goes down, it would be a grave embarrassment for Trump, but, in the long term, enacting the legislation could be much more damaging.

The news will be a grave embarrassment for ministers who have been claiming that the construction industry is booming and that housing supply is finally coming into line with demand.

By John Cassidy March 22, 2017 If Paul Ryan's health-care bill goes down, it would be a grave embarrassment for Trump, but, in the long term, enacting the legislation could be much more damaging.

A graver embarrassment stemmed from Dimmock's habit of hiring a helicopter to fly film from Saturday sporting venues back to the BBC's Lime Grove studios for immediate use.

It causes severe embarrassment.

Both his allies and his enemies had described the possibility of the prime minister being convicted between July and December, the period during which Italy holds the rotating presidency, as a potentially grave national embarrassment.

But with Santorum's Law, solo sex will now carry consequences far graver than embarrassment.

For many participants, especially in specific ethnic and religious groups (South Asian, Hispanic, Roman Catholic), associations with promiscuity and immoral behaviour led to feelings of stigma, shame and embarrassment, and potentially grave consequences.