On this page you'll find 20 example sentences with Embarrass. You'll also see the meaning, synonyms such as forestall or prevent and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.

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Embarrass in a sentence

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Embarrass meaning

  1. to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.
  2. To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
  3. To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.

Synonyms of Embarrass

abash forestall prevent stymy stymie hinder block blockade obstruct discomfit disconcert untune discompose upset foreclose

Example sentences (20)

If Harry’s aim is to embarrass or damage the reputation of the British monarchy, he might well succeed in doing so.

One parent who’s doing just that is Sarah*, who preferred not to share her real name so as not to embarrass her kids.

For to them, any action by individuals or groups, likely to embarrass the Government, is deemed ‘a democratic right’.

I can even name them but I don’t want to embarrass them,” the presidential candidate for the 2023 election said.

Any legislation that Republicans might draft in an attempt to embarrass Biden would be guaranteed to hurt Trump.

They stole huge amounts of data they knew would embarrass those involved and released it via WikiLeaks and other ways.

If it can, the regime often plans provocations in such a way to steal the limelight or embarrass its southern neighbor.

The Grammys should just stop doing anything with rock music because year after year they embarrass themselves.

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Brown has requested that the organization refrain from publishing voter information or attempting to embarrass non-voters.

He also threatened to publicly embarrass Supervisor Lynn Compton if he was not promoted to the chairmanship.

It’s even harder to royally embarrass yourself, especially if everything in your life is massively high-stakes — and it was.

If indeed the Trump campaign’s claims prove baseless, that should embarrass the “Stop the Steal” movement.

To hold out the funeral would be to embarrass Mnangagwa who naturally has to bury this “icon” and officiate at the ceremony.

Drinkwitz threatened to embarrass his opposition further if they kept trash talking his Mizzou players!

The government mobilized political urchins to the airport and to his house to embarrass him severally.

It’s not people in basements trying to embarrass executives anymore, it is these nation-state threats.

Clarence Thomas and the Ethical Disaster of the Supreme Court Undisclosed gifts from billionaires won’t even embarrass the right.

Sadly they embarrass themselves every time they spout such nonsense which reflects poorly on CIG and the cruise berthing project.

Aries has the potential to totally embarrass Virgo with their big mouth, high energy and (ugh) PDAs.

Do not embarrass her by shouting out her insecurities across the ride for a crowd of people to hear.

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Common combinations with embarrass

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • to embarrass 58×
  • embarrass the 16×
  • embarrass him 15×
  • embarrass her 10×
  • and embarrass
  • would embarrass
  • embarrass me
  • embarrass themselves
  • embarrass them
  • not embarrass

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "embarrass" in a sentence?
An example: "If Harry’s aim is to embarrass or damage the reputation of the British monarchy, he might well succeed in doing so." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "embarrass" from real English texts.
What does "embarrass" mean?
Embarrass means: to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.
What are synonyms of "embarrass"?
Common synonyms of "embarrass" include: abash, forestall, prevent, stymy, stymie, hinder, block, blockade. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "embarrass" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "embarrass", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word embarrass. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.