Sentence examples for on embarrassment from inspiring English sources

For decades it has been an inconvenience bordering on embarrassment.

For many participants this theme is an irrelevance that borders on embarrassment.

The Dutchman's appointment followed Britain's performance in the 2008 Beijing Games – a triumph for the cyclists and rowers, but verging on embarrassment for the athletes.

Representative Roy Blunt of Missouri, the Republican majority whip, said the televised images of the beheading had a palpable effect both on public opinion and the mood among lawmakers after days in which the focus had been on embarrassment and anger over prisoner abuse.

The order of block presentation (i.e. first embarrassment then vicarious embarrassment) was chosen to minimize effects that vicarious embarrassment ratings could exert on embarrassment ratings.

Our study fits into the overall context of the Health Belief Model with a specific focus on embarrassment.

After one embarrassment on top of another, Burger King backed down last month and reached a ground-breaking agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, representing mostly seasonal farmworkers from Mexico, Central America and Haiti.

And as the show goes on, that embarrassment grows.

His decision to run for a second term, breaking the undertaking that he would keep to on, provoked embarrassment among UN member countries friendly to him.

Is that a hint of embarrassment on his face?

This was a World Cup victory - their fourth - by German design and years in the making - the 1-0 final win over Argentina was merely confirmation of the success of a strategy forged on embarrassments at successive Euros in 2000 and 2004.