Sentence examples for instead of embarrassment from inspiring English sources

Instead of embarrassment for Ewing, there was elation.

Instead of embarrassment or excitement or surprise — or horror or nostalgia or curiosity — she feels little in response to these erotic items strewn about her thousand-dollar-a-week accommodations.

Make it part of your overall style and wear it with pride instead of embarrassment.

Her face, instead of betraying embarrassment, opened up with a contagious joy.

Most New Yorkers want a better, fairer, more open State Legislature instead of the embarrassment they now endure.

My idea works for all kinds of inequities and clears the air before the meal arrives, instead of causing embarrassment after the party is over.

Instead of being an embarrassment, Scott ended up being the game's best story.

Instead of taking public embarrassment personally, Scott played it down and ultimately defused it.

Instead of disappearing in embarrassment, he later won three Nationwide tournaments to earn his PGA Tour card, then won the 84 Lumber Classic with its $792,000 jackpot.

In a statement to CNN, the prankster explained why he does this: "The original prank's intention was to meet hypocrisy and cronyism with levity and a soupçon of embarrassment, instead of giving into the well worn grooves of anger and frustration.

respectively – allegedly stole a taxi, were reported to the police and caused the club an enormous amount of embarrassment instead.