Sentence examples for gross embarrassments from inspiring English sources

They have all heard the stories about how Murdoch editors have safes containing dossiers of evidence about the private lives of politicians and competing businessmen; and that Murdoch and his people agree to suppress these gross embarrassments in exchange for yet more favours.

Yet, should the Palace complain, then it faces the outside possibility, and gross embarrassment, of its complaint not being upheld.

Despite those interlinked tendencies, the Grammy Award for Best Music Video tends to spare its public gross embarrassment.

Before Lucy and Ethel get their jobs at the chocolate factory, they suffer gross embarrassment at the Acme Employment Agency because, as Ethel reminds Lucy, "We don't know how to do anything".

Its data should correct "a gross mistake that is an embarrassment to astronomy", he told the Observer.

Really gross".

Forget gross.

Comedy, when it doesn't gross us out, has shrivelled into a prelude to sincerity: something to be hustled out of the way, almost with embarrassment, to allow warm feelings in.

The commission has been a public embarrassment to the United Nations because participation has been open to countries like Cuba, Sudan and Zimbabwe, current members that are themselves accused of gross rights abuses.

Embarrassments piled up.

Proper gross.