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.
• But the pangs of embarrassment and shame takes longer to go away.
  — Kui Mwai, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2023
• The derring is done, the empires are gone, the rest is silent embarrassment.
  — Dominic Green, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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
• My driving life up to that point had been a source of embarrassment.
  — Dan Hernandez, Longreads, 28 Feb. 2023
• Go with the Hall of Fame coach bouncing back from embarrassment.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• Snyder has been a constant source of embarrassment to the league for quite some time now.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023
• 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
• 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
• The mood in the room went from warm and joyful to uncomfortable frowns and embarrassment.
  — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2023
• The 4-1 embarrassment to open the Colorado Rapids’ season wasn’t a fluke after all.
  — Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 2 Aug. 2024
• There’s something to be said for embarrassment—even for shame.
  — Lance Morrow, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2022
• This can lead to feelings of shame, embarrassment, and a diminished sense of self-worth.
  — Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 31 May 2024
• For decades, it was seen as an embarrassment to be ignored, but that stance has softened over time.
  — Robert Annis, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
• In fact, the Reichsbürger has been an embarrassment for the far right.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2022
• The staff running the center-ice videoboard didn’t show a replay of the goal, to save Bennett from further embarrassment.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
• The man laughed, but the mother noticed his embarrassment.
  — Madhuri Vijay, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2022
• This can lead to embarrassment, as well as not wanting to frequent that bakery, any more — at least on my part.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
• Fort Lauderdale’s beachfront strip, as it was known, had become a tawdry embarrassment, Dressler said at the time.
  — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2024
• Wisconsinites were eager to move on from the damage and embarrassment brought about by their state’s starring role in promulgating the Red Scare that had ruined many lives.
  — Nancy C. Unger / Made By History, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
• And, my goodness, Sunday’s loss was an embarrassment from start (a near-fight pregame) to finish (Deebo Samuel refusing to talk to the media afterward).
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024