Sentence examples for modest embarrassment from inspiring English sources

Most participles must now be spelled with two "n's" (in the Cyrillic alphabet the "n" sound is represented by "H"); the proposal would see all words spelled with one "n," eliminating a modest embarrassment for most Russians, who have no idea which is which.

That saves some minor embarrassment.

He was modest of his achievements and expressed embarrassment at being the only New Zealand VC recipient of the Gallipoli Campaign.

The State Department took a modest step on Wednesday to cleaning up a major embarrassment.

After an autumn of government embarrassments and a winter of economic gloom, the Tories seemed stubbornly stuck with only a modest poll lead over lumpen Labour.

Resentment.... Embarrassment.

Whose embarrassment?

Diplomatic embarrassment?

No embarrassment.

More embarrassment.

Embarrassment averted.