Sentence examples for used to avoid embarrassing from inspiring English sources

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.

All too often in the past, the judges pointed out, secrecy privileges have been used to avoid embarrassing the government, not to protect real secrets.

was used to avoid long homopolymer repeats.

In particular, using such approaches was justified in terms of avoiding unnecessary wasting of time and resources of providers and (where affordability was concerned) to avoid embarrassing the patient by offering what was assumed to be an unaffordable treatment.

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

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

The players should be wearing nametags to avoid embarrassing moments in the locker room like: "Uh, yeah, Joe, right?

Republicans in Congress and conservative commentators suggested the Obama administration was playing down terrorism to avoid embarrassing the president.

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

But the Americans seem keen to avoid embarrassing the Japanese, or suggesting that the United States is running the show.