Example sentences for: embarrassing

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

  • Lacking the self-monitoring skill that's crucial to a really good writer, she projects ugly fixations onto Scarpetta, remarking constantly--and with embarrassing, naked approval--on her blond, "Teutonic" looks.

  • , that is, the president's brother--not to be confused with Don Nixon Jr., the president's nephew) was entwined financially in a way embarrassing to all concerned.

  • Instead, his lawyers are negotiating with Starr over a less embarrassing alternative.

  • The Times has consistently been printing dishy, embarrassing quotes from Gore-niks about the campaign's weaknesses (landmarks in this series: President Clinton's worries about the veep's electability and Bob Squier's railings against Carter Eskew).

  • They aim to avoid embarrassing or intimidating others, either with display--of bare skin or startling color--or with a show of personal force.


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