Example Sentences

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I guess he is about 80, but the answer he gives embarrasses me.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025

No one embarrasses himself — it’s all polished, pleasant, anonymous and unobjectionable.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024

“You have to be on the side of, let’s make our no-calls our mistakes. Not the one where you blow the whistle and the replay embarrasses us because there’s nothing there.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2024

"The seizure of envelopes with money in the office of a person I chose hurts me... embarrasses me before the Portuguese and I have a duty to apologise," Costa said.

From Reuters • Nov. 11, 2023

“Just take care of this one before he embarrasses me all over Coalwood.”

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam