EMBARRASSMENT in a Sentence

Learn EMBARRASSMENT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
251 example sentences for EMBARRASSMENT, such as:
1. He had gone absolutely scarlet with embarrassment.
2. Scarlett was furious with embarrassment and indignation.
3. The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government.
4. This episode is bound to be a deep embarrassment for Washington.
5. Mention sex therapy and most people will titter in embarrassment.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of EMBARRASSMENT
embarrassment
 n.  extreme excess
 n.  the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  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.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  They clucked to their horses and rode along in silence for a while, a flush of embarrassment on Stuart's brown cheeks.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  "Hum--hurrump," said Gerald, clearing his throat in embarrassment at being caught openly in an act of kindness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
4  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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  She said nothing but looked down into her lap, and Charles was thrown into new states of ecstasy and embarrassment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  She wouldn't have to suffer the embarrassment of seeing him cut openly when she walked down Peachtree Street with him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
7  The piano was suddenly silent as Scarlett was overtaken with surprise and embarrassment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
8  Scarlett was furious with embarrassment and indignation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
9  "Thank God, I'm not that modest," thought Scarlett, feeling rather than seeing Melanie's agony of embarrassment, as she wrapped the ragged cloth about the shattered face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
10  He saw the flame of indignant pride in them and he dropped his gaze quickly to his plate in embarrassment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
11  To cover his embarrassment at being caught by Scarlett, he plunged hastily into a recital of news.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
12  He pulled back the doors and she entered the room, her heart beating rapidly, her face flushing with embarrassment and excitement.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
13  Already Frank and Pitty were begging her not to expose herself--and them--to embarrassment and she had promised them to stop work in June.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
14  Her conduct was a constant embarrassment to him but he reckoned he could endure it for a while longer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
15  She looked up into his blank, smooth face and suddenly her irritation fell away, even as her embarrassment had disappeared after the conversation about her pregnancy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
Example Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
1  He had gone absolutely scarlet with embarrassment.
2  The administration is just stonewalling in an attempt to hide their political embarrassment.
3  She groaned at the memory, suffering all over again the excruciating embarrassment of those moments.
4  This episode is bound to be a deep embarrassment for Washington.
5  It is a source of embarrassment to Londoners that the standard of pubs is so low.
6  Mention sex therapy and most people will titter in embarrassment.
7  Anger is often caused by frustration or embarrassment, or a mixture of the two.
8  The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government.
9  Luckily, I was spared the embarrassment of having to sing in front of everyone.
10  When old Falstaff blushed, his face was mottled with embarrassment, all pink and purple and red.
11  This phony report is an embarrassment to all who have honorably served our country.
12  Sherry and I are very different; at times when I would be covered with embarrassment, she seems insensible to shame.
13  My most embarrassing moment was trying to introduce a woman whose name I couldn't remember.
14  The leader's speech aimed to close the embarrassing divide in party ranks.
15  It can be embarrassing for children to tell complete strangers about such incidents.