Sentence examples for to avoid embarrassing myself from inspiring English sources

I have to memorize and rehearse before reading anything aloud, to avoid embarrassing myself by mispronouncing words.

The silence, she argued, was to avoid embarrassing US policymakers.

Delegates conceded that the disease was given a low priority to avoid embarrassing the host.

To avoid embarrassing Mr. Hu, the Treasury Department could delay the deadline for weeks.

She asked that her name not be used to avoid embarrassing her immediate relatives.

She asked that her last name not be used to avoid embarrassing her family.

Eye: Your predecessor, Charles Edwards, allegedly filtered reports to avoid embarrassing the Obama administration.

It seems girls who aren't thought attractive are consumed simply to avoid embarrassing questions.

That day, junior Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell was meeting Ngawang in private - to avoid embarrassing Li Zhaoxing.

not to announce the test results until after the Olympics, presumably to avoid embarrassing Jones.

The Senate has taken pains to avoid embarrassing the governor all year.