Sentences with phrase «embarrassment as»

The Steins didn't understand why their young son was acting out, why he was different than his peers, why they felt so much stress and embarrassment as a result of Judah's behavior.

Humiliation is not often cited as a phase of grief, but many divorced persons report embarrassment as having been one of the challenges of coping with their divorces.

Choi heard a colleague complaining that smart watches were an embarrassment as the people around were able to hear the conversation.

Sure, you don't experience the same powerlessness and embarrassment as when you're told to leave.

c) Dr. Kelly suffered deep humiliation and embarrassment as a result of the discrimination, which was ongoing for a significant period of time.

The big surprise is Keanu Reeves, a real embarrassment as a villain in the atrocious - as - a-whole The Watcher, in the role of this film's main baddie, hot - tempered redneck Donnie Barksdale (a part that would have been a perfect fit for one of The Gift's writers, Billy Bob Thornton).

Will this movie be filled with amazing monster destruction like last year's Pacific Rim or will this chunky Kaiju be as much of as an embarrassment as the 1998 Roland Emmerich fiasco?

At Labour's conference he faced more embarrassment as he was pictured holding a plea to bring back the very same job.

The prime minister suffered embarrassment as deep as the Washington snow on his trip stateside, when an expected joint press conference with Barack Obama was cancelled.

Patience Jonathan is an embarrassment as first lady in Nigeria today.

Although the judge will probably not punish the parent that violated the order or send them to jail, it will probably cause a lot of embarrassment as well as introduce more stress into the already strained relationship (which could cause harm to the child).

I can't tell you how many times I found himself nodding in agreement or sinking deeper into my chair from embarrassment as I recognized myself in her scenarios.

Her first day back at work, Jenna, a high - powered corporate lawyer, winced in embarrassment as her nipples leaked breast milk onto her silk blouse during a deposition.

Yes, in the great nation of America, the Surgeon General actually has to address embarrassment as a barrier to breastfeeding.

It's hard to hide wet bulls - eyes right over your nipples, so prevention saves you from embarrassment as well as laundry.

And the lactivist in me is embarrassed by my embarrassment as well.

The players didn't look like they knew where they were supposed to be playing or who they were supposed to be picking up, and it was just an embarrassment as a United fan to watch another disgraceful performance.

Now we're fighting to get as close to the top 2 as possible so we can reduce the embarrassment as much as possible, secure top 3/4, attempt to finish in front of spurs, as that just adds salt to the wound!

Knowing he was in some trouble, Armero scurries away holding onto himself, to try and cause as little embarrassment as possible.

I celebrated that win with a tinge of embarrassment as deep down I know that without the ref's intervention things could have been very different.

I've had to put up with some real embarrassment as a gooner over the years, but for some reason that would be the ultimate.

Now, there's a vague sense of embarrassment as Pool mournfully prods at the tangled branches that once bore his livelihood.

I must confess my ironic embarrassment as I lived through my depressions, which had the uniform characteristic of an anxious preoccupation with real or imagined future perils.

A man seated in a glass case is not put to such embarrassment as is a man in his transparency before God.

Now run away in embarrassment as your momma is calling.

Their heads hung in shame and embarrassment as they handed us empty gallon jugs for water.

Mr. Recchia's failure to communicate surprised many who knew him and supported his candidacy — he had not been plagued, at least publicly, by similar embarrassments as City Council finance chair.

It's a farcical but low - key setup that, for a while, Shelton and her cast play for all it's worth, creating intimacy and discomfort in equal measure as the characters spend time together, the sisters dredging up old embarrassments as Duplass attempts to figure out where he stands with each.

Not exact matches

Compared to the challenges faced by China's old guard, the new team's problems can best be described as an embarrassment of riches.

«Our sense is that the political embarrassment of health care failing will serve as a driver for the GOP to redouble its efforts to enact tax relief in this Congress.»

That was widely seen as an embarrassment for the rideshare companies.

As corporate - governance expert Charles Elson recently noted in the New Yorker: «People who can ask to be paid a hundred million dollars are beyond embarrassment.»

I only hope you do not take this opportunity to present yourself as being the founder of Seventh Generation... It just isn't so and can only lead to embarrassment for both of us.»

«On a general level, there can be practical barriers to pursuit of a criminal case, such as the victim company's fear of embarrassment, reputational damage, or the perceived risk — real or not — that their trade secrets will be exposed in a court proceeding,» said Brooke French, shareholder at law firm Carlton Fields.

Although there are many victims of cyber attacks, Sony's name may become synonymous with corporate losses and embarrassment from careless emails and protection of data as was the case for Target.

It seems like as each day passes, another embarrassment unfolds in the Sony Pictures security breach saga — from unflattering internal discussions to Sony's ill - advised DDoS counter offensive against the sites leaking their data.

The study breaks up the harassment into two categories: less - severe harassment, such as name - calling and embarrassment.

Add to this truth the lightning fast and obviously very public nature of social media and mistakes become nearly inevitable — and potentially disastrous, as many companies have already found out to their great embarrassment.

So, they avoid selling it as a way to avoid the regret of having made a bad investment, as well as the embarrassment of reporting a loss.

Although the surplus was notional only — there was no actual money in the EI Account — it was an ongoing embarrassment to the Government, as its existence was a major issue in the EI rate - setting process.

Socializing all but ceased as well, a casualty of poverty and embarrassment.

The National Day of Prayer is an embarrassment to America and makes us look as intellectually barbaric as fervent middle eastern theocracies that in many ways haven't progressed much past the last millennium.

One should add that, while he is filled with ambition to be the leader of the USA and all that that entails, he doesn't appear to have grandiose weirdo expectations of his own world historical significance, nor does he (as do most of the professing Mormons I have I known) have any of the minor peccadilloes of ordinary vice that cause embarrassment for candidates and elected officials alike.

It has indeed caused «severe embarrassment» to the nation, as he laments, for the Senate investigation has laid before the public the elements of a terrible irony: that acts which are illegal and unethical for citizens to engage in at home are condoned, even aggressively pursued, by American law - enforcement officers and secret agents both at home and abroad.

He reflects that The God Delusion, which is so rabid, patronising and prejudiced as to have caused embarrassment in secular circles, may «turn out to be a monumental own goal», as it exposes the inherent intolerance of atheism.

They see me as the embarrassment to the Gospel.

McGrath concludes that «Dawkins» views on the nature of faith are best regarded as an embarrassment to anyone concerned with scholarly accuracy.»

The «truth» of a construal of the God - world relationship is a mixture of belief (Ricoeur calls it a «wager»), pragmatic criteria, and what Philip Wheelwright terms a «shy ontological claim,» or, as in Mary Hesse's striking remark, «God is more like gravitation than embarrassment» (Arbib and Hesse, 5).

If something is offered, without argument, as an object of seductive charm, the offer can be refused without embarrassment or justification.

As adults, we often have to re-learn the freedom to do what makes us happy, rather than just trying to compete with others or avoid failure and embarrassment.