EMBARRASS in a Sentence
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251 example sentences for EMBARRASS, such as:
1. No, it doesn't embarrass me at all.
2. She may embarrass you with her uncouth behavior.
3. He had gone absolutely scarlet with embarrassment.
4. The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government.
5. Walk naked has serviced you, or does the idea embarrass you?
2. She may embarrass you with her uncouth behavior.
3. He had gone absolutely scarlet with embarrassment.
4. The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government.
5. Walk naked has serviced you, or does the idea embarrass you?
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Meanings and Examples of EMBARRASS
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embarrass
v. cause to feel awkward or ashamed; hamper or impede;
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 She'd make him realize that these people had to pay their bills even if they were old friends, even if it did embarrass him to press them for money.
2 And I know I'm not a gentleman, in view of the fact that pregnant women do not embarrass me as they should.
3 No, it doesn't embarrass me at all.
4 "He only did that as a dirty trick on us all, Scarlett, to embarrass us in front of the Yankees," Mrs. Merriwether continued.
5 She had the art of giving self-confidence to the embarrassed, but she was not equally sure of being able to embarrass the self-confident.
6 The young girls frolicked beneath the eyes of the nuns; the gaze of impeccability does not embarrass innocence.
7 No," said she, "it would embarrass me, I have the two chairs to carry.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XVII—THE USE MADE OF MARIUS' FIVE-FRANC PIECE
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XVII—THE USE MADE OF MARIUS' FIVE-FRANC PIECE
8 Situated as we are with Lady Dalrymple, cousins, we ought to be very careful not to embarrass her with acquaintance she might not approve.
9 I had got to the point of purposely refraining from beginning in order to embarrass her further; it was awkward for her to begin alone.
10 Mattie seemed to feel the contagion of his embarrassment, and sat with downcast lids, sipping her tea, while he feigned an insatiable appetite for dough-nuts and sweet pickles.
11 They clucked to their horses and rode along in silence for a while, a flush of embarrassment on Stuart's brown cheeks.
12 "Hum--hurrump," said Gerald, clearing his throat in embarrassment at being caught openly in an act of kindness.
13 But on the few occasions when this had happened he could never think of anything to say and he suffered agonies of embarrassment at his dumbness.
14 She said nothing but looked down into her lap, and Charles was thrown into new states of ecstasy and embarrassment.
15 She wouldn't have to suffer the embarrassment of seeing him cut openly when she walked down Peachtree Street with him.
Example Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
1 She may embarrass you with her uncouth behavior.
2 The speech was a deliberate attempt to embarrass the government.
3 He has decided that he doesn't want to embarrass the movement and will therefore step down.
4 Walk naked has serviced you, or does the idea embarrass you?
5 Miss Manners counsels her readers so that they may behave with due propriety in any social situation and not embarrass themselves.
6 He had gone absolutely scarlet with embarrassment.
7 The administration is just stonewalling in an attempt to hide their political embarrassment.
8 She groaned at the memory, suffering all over again the excruciating embarrassment of those moments.
9 This episode is bound to be a deep embarrassment for Washington.
10 It is a source of embarrassment to Londoners that the standard of pubs is so low.
11 Mention sex therapy and most people will titter in embarrassment.
12 Anger is often caused by frustration or embarrassment, or a mixture of the two.
13 The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government.
14 Luckily, I was spared the embarrassment of having to sing in front of everyone.
15 When old Falstaff blushed, his face was mottled with embarrassment, all pink and purple and red.