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.
• Grey rolls his eyes and laughs, embarrassed that he was tricked yet again.
  — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Sep. 2017
• There was no need to go to such lengths to embarrass her castmate.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 7 Apr. 2025
• Some teens have been known to be embarrassed of their parents.
  — Allison Klein, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2018
• Maybe some laughter will end the spell, and embarrass no one.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
• But the event seemed to anger and embarrass long-time islanders.
  — Susan Glaser, cleveland.com, 23 July 2019
• Get okay with the idea that in the future, your past work will embarrass you.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
• And when two icons embarrass themselves at the same time, on the same stage?
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2019
• We’re all supposed to be embarrassed by prizes or feel above them or apart from them.
  — Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
• Would the girl with the bright smile have been embarrassed by her love Stitch as a teen?
  — Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2026
• Are there any parts of the show that will embarrass them terribly?
  — Aidin Vaziri, SFChronicle.com, 5 July 2018
• There is no strategic setback so big as to embarrass him.
  — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026
• Ohtani should not be embarrassed by his lack of success against Scott.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
• And a father who embarrassed every one of them by singing hymns at the top of his lungs.
  — Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, 14 June 2018
• The past three seasons have been lousy at best, embarrassing at worst.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Oct. 2017
• These are the managers who won’t yell or embarrass their people in front of their peers.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 10 June 2022
• But that doesn’t mean these guys can’t embarrass themselves in the meantime.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 17 June 2024
• We wouldn’t be embarrassed by it, nor would the audience.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
• The moms aren’t embarrassing their kids.
  — Michelle Sobel, Fortune, 23 June 2026
• This doesn't need to be an effort to embarrass anyone or to one up each other.
  — Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
• And, as if embarrassed by the whole business, the show will do something crazy to blast the tear from your eye.
  — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
• 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
• Pelosi says the owner of the salon was trying to embarrass her.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 3 Sep. 2020
• This risks embarrassing them if it is damaged and there is nothing that can be done about it.
  — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
• Bush Hager imagines he would've been embarrassed by the focus on him.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 10 Dec. 2018
• How much abuse was enough for Manny’s bank to get past not wanting to embarrass the judge?
  — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 15 June 2022
• There, the father of the bride gets too drunk and embarrasses himself.
  — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Dec. 2025