Sentence examples for something of a embarrassment from inspiring English sources

He still argues, with a degree of justification, that he is fighting savage terrorists; he has sent diplomats to Tehran and Moscow, and gone on a charm offensive with the press.Despite seeing Mr Assad as something of a embarrassment, there are no signs that his backers want to be rid of him yet.

These fledgling efforts are clearly something of an embarrassment.

But it was always something of an embarrassment.

Yet Tom Paine is something of an embarrassment to the United States.

The case has long captivated Boston, while proving something of an embarrassment to the F.B.I.

In France, plus size is called grande taille, and is considered something of an embarrassment.

The about-face appeared to be something of an embarrassment for Mr. Ahmadinejad.

One suspects that the east remains something of an embarrassment to the rest of Germany.

The result, if the dates are accurate, is something of an embarrassment.

The Pilgrim land sale has been something of an embarrassment for the Pataki administration.

Apple owns 90 percent of the online music market, but its exclusion of the Beatles was something of an embarrassment.