How to Use embarrassment in a Sentence

embarrassment

noun
  • The scandal was a major embarrassment for the government.
  • She couldn't hide her embarrassment.
  • He's an embarrassment to his family.
  • The irony, of course, is that the source of the embarrassment is Trump.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • But the pangs of embarrassment and shame takes longer to go away.
    — Kui Mwai, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Legion Field dogs, in the end, were an embarrassment to the city.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The derring is done, the empires are gone, the rest is silent embarrassment.
    — Dominic Green, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2023
  • So part of me was battling those emotions, as opposed to the guilt and the shame and the embarrassment.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The embarrassment was on the other side of the ball on that occasion.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The only thing more palpable than the fear of embarrassment is the fear of death.
    — Andre Swanston, Fortune, 5 May 2023
  • Your heart will go on, and your eyes will look away in embarrassment.
    — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 5 May 2023
  • That is an embarrassment for the school and its many proud alumni, and should be for Brown as well.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • None agreed to speak on the record, citing the fear of public embarrassment.
    — David Klepper, Fortune Well, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Being able to say those things gets rid of the embarrassment.
    — New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
  • But there’s no need to worry, as embarrassment is now the last thing on a long list of stuff that wants to kill him.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 11 May 2022
  • My driving life up to that point had been a source of embarrassment.
    — Dan Hernandez, Longreads, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Still, China may not be able to avoid embarrassment in the event of a boycott.
    — Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Deep down there was a lot of shame and embarrassment involved with that.
    — Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 20 July 2021
  • Go with the Hall of Fame coach bouncing back from embarrassment.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • But off-field embarrassments like the plane stunt could push Mara to make drastic changes.
    — Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Snyder has been a constant source of embarrassment to the league for quite some time now.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But the Blue Devils won’t send him out in true embarrassment.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2022
  • There is a truth that the palace tried (and continues to try) to bury, whether out of duty, embarrassment, or a tepid brew of both.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Her cheeks would blush at the slightest hint of embarrassment.
    — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 7 July 2022
  • Affleck signals to Ice Spice to jump in as the camera cuts to the singer with a joking look of shock and embarrassment on her face.
    — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
  • What became known as the Battle of Palmdale must have been an embarrassment to the Air Force.
    — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2021
  • But the Patriots’ last play against the Raiders last week was an embarrassment.
    — USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The public embarrassment should’ve been a wake-up call.
    — Essence, 29 Aug. 2022
  • His squad is not the strongest in the defensive department, so his tactics will need to be on point to avoid another embarrassment.
    — Neel Shelat, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • So what, besides his own embarrassment, did Rutte actually achieve this week by sucking up to Trump?
    — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 26 June 2025

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