Sentence examples for were embarrassing from inspiring English sources

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were embarrassing

verb

To humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash

  • The crowd's laughter and jeers embarrassed him.

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"But they were embarrassing - I almost can't articulate how embarrassing.

There were embarrassing glitches.

Others said they were embarrassing and offensive.

The errors we made were embarrassing.

"We realized we were embarrassing the coach.

Those were embarrassing and, yes, a little humiliating".

In fact, we were embarrassing, the opposite of humble.

The critics were embarrassing in their praise of Fairy Tales.

Her early forays to the region were embarrassing.

Earlier, in Europe, Deila's team were embarrassing in a direct contradiction to any insistence of improvement.

He said that the paper's editor, Martin Townsend, told him the pictures were embarrassing.

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