Example Sentences

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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

After the initial release of the show, Schneider broadly apologized in a YouTube video for “past behaviors, some of which are embarrassing and that I regret.”

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2024

“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