embarrassingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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While controversy surrounds the embarrassingly blurry line between college football and the National Football League, our culture needs to take a moment to commend and steward the glorious tradition of high-school football.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
You could go on and on citing the ones who missed out, sometimes narrowly, sometimes overwhelmingly and, at times, embarrassingly.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Over the course of a month, notice which ingredients disappear almost embarrassingly fast and which ones slowly expire in the back of your crisper drawer while radiating guilt.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
Charles laughed, albeit slightly embarrassingly, when Trump said in a speech at the White House that his Scottish-born mother had had a crush on the then-prince.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
The first one, which is embarrassingly obvious, is that ESP runs afoul of the fundamental common- sense principle that the normal senses must somehow be involved for communication to take place.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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