Words similar to embarrassment

Example sentences for: embarrassment

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

While Clinton "expressed embarrassment and regret about the affair," he also showed "flashes of fury" directed at Kenneth Starr and his prosecutors.
The Pentagon corridor explanation teased out by the WP is that if it were to fail it would be a colossal embarrassment for the Air Force, while if it were to succeed it might siphon money away from newer hot Air Force aircraft programs.
...We now accept without reservation that the serious allegations mentioned above should never have been made and as stated in open court last week, apologise unreservedly to Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah for any distress and embarrassment caused by the articles.
We can't resist noting that the first skeptical examination of Hackworth's career, his journalism, his military decorations, and his general trustworthiness occurred in Slate, last November ("Newsweek 's Major Embarrassment: He's Called Col.
It was not classy or first-rate, but it saved them what they perceived to be embarrassment.