Sentence examples for provoke embarrassment from inspiring English sources

Above all, it has made risk possible, with its "right to fail" philosophy; this can provoke embarrassment in a big space, but seems perfectly acceptable in a small one.

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.

The museum says it will start removing the marks in the spring, but the problem has already provoked embarrassment and finger-pointing.

Her presenting symptoms of crying whenever in the dental chair provoked embarrassment secondarily.

Ministers would be asked to give up their foreign citizenship or others would be found who had only Afghan citizenship rather than provoke an embarrassment for the president if Parliament rejected the appointment later, one aide said.

Given the priority the Bush administration has given to its war on terrorism, you might think the disclosure of Goodling's behaviour would provoke real embarrassment in the administration.

We stare at them while they evade our gaze, provoking a slight embarrassment for invading their privacy.

At the same time, she defends fundamental principles of Catholic faith that have provoked distaste and embarrassment in many of her contemporaries: the cult of relics and the emphasis on sexual restraint, for example.

The report may cause short-term embarrassment and provoke difficult questions.

"I like to display nudity to provoke the fear or embarrassment or the confusion of the audience," Beecroft says.

The "fans" who follow the English soccer team overseas have become a national embarrassment, regularly provoking drunken fights and mass arrests.