Example sentences for: embarrass

How can you use “embarrass” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Not wanting to get my hopes up, or embarrass her with untoward advances, I found myself--after she had already quit her job--standing in front of her cubicle.

  • According to Justice Anthony Kennedy, it's a place where people "practice newly learned vulgarities, erupt with anger, tease and embarrass each other, share offensive notes, flirt, push and shove in the halls, grab and offend."

  • Perhaps that would embarrass him into retiring, having plumbed depths of behavior unworthy of a scout guide, let alone the defense minister of a country on whose role in recovering usurped Arab rights so much hope was pinned."

  • The section didn't mention marriage, illegitimacy, or any of the other conventional moral topics that might embarrass Clinton.

  • When asked later whether his question was designed to embarrass Jackson rather than elicit information, Will argued, "That's information, too."


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