Sentence examples similar to thereby embarrassing from inspiring English sources

But for the hard-core jihadists of IS they serve a number of purposes: to horrify and scare their enemies, to boost the morale of their own by showing the impotence of the West to prevent it, and thereby to embarrass the US and Britain, with the hope of making them temper their military actions in Iraq.

Reminded of the moment Balls boasted about his sexual prowess live on the radio earlier this year, she recoils at the memory, thereby revealing what really embarrasses her most about her husband.

Unfortunately, he thereby created the impression that he was removing files in order to prevent further embarrassing discoveries.

As if falling off your bike weren't embarrassing enough, now some German scientists have created a helmet that starts to stink when its cracked, thereby alerting you – and your loved ones – of potential danger.

Probably embarrassing.

Bit embarrassing.

Or embarrassing.

"So embarrassing.

Nothing embarrassing.

Nevertheless: embarrassing.

Mildly embarrassing.