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are embarrassing

  • present progressive
    of embarrass.
    embarrass
    verb (used with object)
    to cause confusion and shame to; make uncomfortably self-conscious; disconcert; abash.

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Wolff has said some of his exchanges with Epstein are embarrassing and he would have worded them differently, but denied serving as a press adviser.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Part of being welcomed into the legal priesthood is that you learn that these cases are embarrassing.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025

The contradictions are embarrassing, abundant and obvious to everyone.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2025

“What can I say other than the numbers are embarrassing and discouraging,” Lisa Blatt, whose 46 Supreme Court arguments are the most for a woman, wrote in an email.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

“On the grounds that you’re prejudiced against my client because when she hacked the juvenile justice portal, she came across personal e-mails of yours that are embarrassing in nature.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti