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Embarrassment in sentence

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He explained that his was a laughter of embarrassment and a recognition of his own embarrassment.
I have a really nice anecdote from a friend of mine who said that the thing he noticed most about his teenage daughters before and after puberty was their level of embarrassment in front of him.
But my first and most important job is that I stay neutral when I talk about anything sex-related, no embarrassment, no titillation, no judgment, no shame, no matter where I am.
Squick is an emotion that combines surprise with embarrassment plus some disgust and like, not knowing what to do with your hands.
One of my favorite models actually ended up being a retired old man who not only didn't mind sitting still and getting the paint in his ears, but he also didn't really have much embarrassment about being taken out into very public places for exhibition, like the Metro.
It's the stigma inside of others, it's the shame, it's the embarrassment, it's the disapproving look on a friend's face, it's the whispers in the hallway that you're weak, it's the comments that you're crazy.
It felt a bit girly to me, like a dress, and it had this baggy trouser part you had to tie really tight to avoid the embarrassment of them falling down.
So that means that they can try out new stuff without the embarrassment of having to pay if it didn't work, which for still quite a lot of bits of government, that's a serious issue.
So I'm smiling with a little bit of embarrassment right now, because obviously, it's completely absurd that a single person, let alone a planner, could save a city.
You see, as a writer, I approached this issue as an observer, as an Indian, I felt embarrassment and disbelief, and as an activist, I looked at it as a defender of rights, but as a citizen journalist, I suddenly felt very vulnerable.
But in the brain, the consequences of falling behind may be much greater than the embarrassment of dirty countertops, because when it comes to cleaning the brain, it is the very health and function of the mind and the body that's at stake, which is why understanding these very basic housekeeping functions of the brain today may be critical for preventing and treating diseases of the mind tomorrow.
It doesn't have to be a moment of shame and embarrassment, as it used to be in the past.
The echo of embarrassment used to extend only as far as your family, village, school or community.
The documents which received the most attention were private e-mails that had maximum public embarrassment value.
Several studies have indicated from Johns that the best way to deter them is public humiliation and embarrassment.
Critics are often embarrassed by music's repetitiveness, finding it childish or regressive, but repetition, far from an embarrassment, is actually a key feature that gives rise to the kind of experience we think about as musical.
My uncle told me that he had stopped drinking coffee or tea in public just out of embarrassment, so, well, I designed the no-spill cup.
Now, the Panic Monster is dormant most of the time, but he suddenly wakes up anytime a deadline gets too close or there's danger of public embarrassment, a career disaster or some other scary consequence.
I feel total embarrassment over the fact that it's so nakedly clear to my crew that I'm completely into wearing this costume.
He's very cautious with his steps, as a couple of falls over the years brought him embarrassment among his friends.
As I came out, I noticed that he was sitting right across from me, and he's in total, complete embarrassment.
And we wished each other well, and the most important thing that day was that he was not going to leave with that embarrassment, that experience of embarrassment.
Even if it's just shame or embarrassment or gossip, you need some sort of punishment to bring people, when they're in large groups, to cooperate.
Unfortunately, to the embarrassment of we MIT professors, (Laughter) the low point every day is classroom activity.
Lots of laughter, quite a bit of embarrassment.
OK, so if you try the same exercise with kids, they have no embarrassment at all.
Some of it’s embarrassment and some of it is because they just don’t believe that what emerges is necessarily valid.
I believe it is now time for us to reclaim our right to a full night of sleep, and without embarrassment or that unfortunate stigma of laziness.
Our international ranking would no longer be an embarrassment.
Actually, I realize fear of embarrassment drives me as much as any ambition.
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