Sentence examples for matters embarrassing from inspiring English sources

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In noncommunist developing countries, the press enjoyed varying degrees of freedom, ranging from the discreet and occasional use of self-censorship on matters embarrassing to the home government to a strict and omnipresent censorship akin to that of communist countries.

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He should not be judged on a 7-0 thrashino, no matter how embarrassing.

The elderly uncle had an obsession with greetings and insisted that Jerry must always say "Hello!", no matter how embarrassing the situation.

The previous week David Moyes's team had humiliated him in losing 3-0 at home to Wigan in the FA Cup, yet he never considered swerving the media and answered every question frankly, no matter how embarrassing.

While people's strategies for ridding themselves of unwanted aural guests fell into one of two broad categories — distraction or coping — the most successful way to remove an earworm, they found, was to deal with it head on, by intentionally listening to the song or singing it out loud, no matter how embarrassing the song.

But voters can change that by asking difficult questions and insisting on honest answers, no matter how embarrassing.

At the end of this version, the loser has to answer a question asked by the other participants, no matter how embarrassing.

If you have an erection that lasts more than four hours, you should immediately go the emergency room, no matter how embarrassing it may be.

Mr. Hall likened them to cartels: "They keep out the weeklies, they keep out the foreign press and they tamp down embarrassing matters on behalf of their sources".

Top Vatican officials — including the future Pope Benedict XVI — did not defrock a priest who molested as many as 200 deaf boys, even though several American bishops repeatedly warned them that failure to act on the matter could embarrass the church, according to church files newly unearthed as part of a lawsuit.

A Goldman Sachs spokesman said, "This matter is extremely embarrassing to us and it serves to underline the fact that a single act has the potential to undermine the best efforts of everyone at Goldman Sachs".

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