How to Use embarrass in a Sentence

embarrass

verb
  • The protest was staged as a deliberate attempt to embarrass the government.
  • She's worried about embarrassing herself in front of such a large audience.
  • I would never do anything to embarrass my family.
  • Unexpected laughter embarrassed the speaker.
  • This will embarrass them without leaving them yelling at you.
    Judith Martin, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Obama was right in the first place: Biden is a bad candidate who will embarrass himself and his party.
    Caitlin Conant, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Alas, parents everywhere can take solace in the fact that even the seemingly coolest of moms can still embarrass her children.
    Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 12 Aug. 2020
  • What if the hacker uses your medical history to blackmail you or to embarrass you publicly?
    Ge Bai and John (xuefeng) Jiang, WSJ, 22 June 2020
  • Meanwhile, the legal complaint is full of lines designed to embarrass Apple in the court of public opinion.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Flynn claims he was coerced into making that plea, and that the FBI framed him as part of an effort to embarrass Trump.
    Kristine Phillips, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2020
  • The spate of arrests wound up being embarrassing for the police, and four of the journalists sued St. Louis County.
    Brian Stelter, CNN, 29 May 2020
  • Brunson said that before the final regular-season game of her sophomore year, Stollings took away her captain status in front of the entire team in a move designed to embarrass her.
    Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The beneficence of the cartels is the latest sign of their capacity to challenge and embarrass a Mexican government whose resources have been stretched thin by the crisis.
    Fox News, 15 May 2020
  • There is no greater sin in the F.B.I. than to embarrass the bureau.
    New York Times, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The Big 12’s chance to embarrass Texas on its way out the door begins now.
    J. Brady McCollough Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2021
  • The videos were played on Wednesday, which seemed to embarrass Williams.
    Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Maybe some laughter will end the spell, and embarrass no one.
    Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
  • The award seemed to embarrass the 21-year-old British driver when told about it Thursday.
    Jim Vertuno, Chron, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The sole point of dumping Mr. Trump’s returns is to embarrass him.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Yet as adults, at least in the West, we’re supposed to be embarrassed by that kind of language.
    Sigal Samuel, Vox, 4 June 2024
  • Conaway said good-bye from the doorway, not wanting to embarrass her with a hug and kiss in front of her friends.
    Mj Slaby, The Indianapolis Star, 6 June 2021
  • These are the managers who won’t yell or embarrass their people in front of their peers.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 10 June 2022
  • Then Mike Cera challenged me on Chess.com and just embarrassed me.
    Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Pelosi says the owner of the salon was trying to embarrass her.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 3 Sep. 2020
  • While Mailata clearly has the best voice of the bunch, Kelce doesn’t embarrass himself.
    Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The real advantage of the release of the complete list is not to embarrass but to find fraud.
    Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 3 Dec. 2020
  • But that doesn’t mean these guys can’t embarrass themselves in the meantime.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 17 June 2024
  • How much abuse was enough for Manny’s bank to get past not wanting to embarrass the judge?
    Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 15 June 2022
  • Many teenagers would be embarrassed by their mother dancing in public, but Emme was all smiles, holding the phone in one hand and a Sephora shopping bag in the other.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Another commenter sympathized with OP's sister, but felt there was a better way to handle the situation than embarrassing the mother and daughter in front of the rest of the family.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024

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