Sentences with phrase «embarrassment at»

This is helpful for obvious reasons, and can help save you some embarrassment at the end of the interview.

There was embarrassment at BPP this week when LPC exams were delayed by an hour and a half because, err, there weren't enough desks.

I am surprised that your fellow skeptics here don't express more embarrassment at such nonsense.

But it should be kept in mind that among our own conservatives, there is a home - grown hostility towards the UN which emerged in the late 1990s in the Australian campaign against the UN's human rights system.2 The criticisms by the Howard Government of the UN human rights system and the calls for it to be reformed were driven by anger and embarrassment at international condemnation of Australia's treatment of asylum seekers and inability to solve the problems of Indigenous disadvantage.

In support of my theory that Gleick was seeking revenge for his own sense of shame and embarrassment at turning down the debate invitation, I find this at WUWT (re the Gleick emails to HI):

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It's an easily observable fact that cats quickly groom their coats when faced with stressful situations, embarrassment at having committed a cat blunder, such as knocking over a stool with a clumsy jump.

To avoid delays in purchases — or embarrassment at the register — it's important to make sure your card is as ready for your vacation as you are, perhaps with one of our top - rated picks below.

I guess that leaves something to distinguish the inevitable Bentayga Speed, which will likely tickle up the total horsepower and trim the 0 - 60 mph time to avoid any potential embarrassment at the hands of Porsche's Panamera or Mercedes - AMG's G 65.

Through the shadows of memory, the 39 - year - old sees himself as the bully who would hide his embarrassment at not being able to read with clenched fists and street smarts.

If it's an acne cream commercial, it will be a particular brand of benzoyl peroxide that rescues the girl from embarrassment at the prom.

Gilmore, through the use of a very believable first - person narrative, elicits real sympathy for Mina, even when it becomes clear that her all - consuming wish for revenge actually masks the guilt she feels at her own embarrassment at — and impatience with — her grandfather.

Along the way, they encounter a number of D - list washed - up actors (Cary Elwes, Chazz Palminteri, Christopher Lloyd, Cloris Leachman, Jamie Pressly, Toni Braxton and others), all hiding sneers of embarrassment at the ridiculous things they've got ta do.

Mike Bracken: They're not off the hook for the rest of Final Fantasy XIII, including its chapter 12 opening cut - scene that would make Michael Bay shake his head in embarrassment at how overproduced and edited it is.

I'm an expert at reading the Tube Map, but an utter embarrassment at reading any other type of map, so off I ambled in entirely the wrong direction, and had to consult roadside and Google maps multiple times before arriving at my destination with a lot less time to spare than I'd initially envisaged having.

PS: I'm sneaking this lame film pun thread here to bump up Lainey's secondhand embarrassment at my fangirling.

Luckily, Online Dating sites will help you to flirt with online singles without getting embarrassment at all.

Sometimes, I even dread taking blog photos because I know I'll look at the photos with embarrassment at how I look.

Giving people forewarning about the foods you personally can not eat gives them a chance to plan accordingly, and saves you both from embarrassment at the dinner table.

Adding prompts to the mix precludes potentially embarrassment at trying to come up with fresh ideas.

«You can't imagine my total embarrassment at having to call the attorney and ask for a new one,» he says.

A clever political strike, trying to turn to the Coalition's advantage the Tories» embarrassment at having been forced to protect these benefits for pensioners because of David Cameron's cowardice during the televised debates during the election campaign in April.

The actions of Farage, Goldsmith and Wood just bring us further embarrassment at a time when the UK needs allies more than ever.

So bad have things got that the government even gave up capturing the data on purposeful activity in 2012 to hide embarrassment at their terrible record.

Egypt's people squirmed with embarrassment at the policies adopted toward Israel and the Palestinian question.

He also is upset when he spills water on his pants, so it's not even embarrassment at having an accident.

Or, flushing red with embarrassment at the attention the predicament is causing, she extracts her leg from her little one and flees in a panic, determined to get as far away as possible as quickly as possible.

Arsenal narrowly avoided embarrassment at the hands of Swedish minnows Ostersunds, whose manager Graham Potter became the first English gaffer to win at the Emirates in continental competition.

Following his embarrassment at the Red Devils, it was important Moyes got his managerial career back on track and showed to the public and media why he was selected by Sir Alex Ferguson to manage United in the first place.

Ask me not how Swiss law works, since after that immense sum was duly repaid — the cat was put among the pigeons when an ISL payment arrived with delicious embarrassment at FIFA, in the name of the payee, to be quickly shuffled aside — Swiss curious law permitting the details of the case and the crucial names to be kept secret.

Freedman was absolutely wrong, and was proven to be so as Beckford was a complete embarrassment at Bolton.

In this edition of the Daily Cannon Arsenal podcast, Matthew and Stephen bemoan embarrassment at Nottingham Forest and also make sense of the Chelsea game.

Man United had been under heavy criticism following mid-week embarrassment at the hands of La Liga side Sevilla in the Champions League.

In part, one suspects, this is down to simple embarrassment at the initial overreaction.

Anyway, one more embarrassment at the Emirates on Tuesday before we start a good run to end the season on a high.

Arsene Wenger took a bit longer to realise the strengths of the system, and it was only after a disastrous run of results, including a 3 - 1 embarrassment at Stamford Bridge, that Wenger finally lined up with a 3 -4-3 formation for the first time in 20 years, and that also signalled a massive upturn in form.

I get excited at the way we attack but look away in embarrassment at how we defend so poorly..

After an early - season embarrassment at Princeton, the newcomers McAdoo and Jones (now a star with the Denver Nuggets) helped the Tar Heels to a 29 - 5 season that concluded at the nationals in Los Angeles.

Besides the affair of the tree, the USGA suffered some embarrassment at the hands of golfers who were not in the Open but did peculiar things on the course.

Bonhoeffer reflects on his embarrassment at preferred treatment when his position and family connections were learned.

«In an age when secularism is more common, too many politicians - through a misplaced sense of political correctness or embarrassment at «doing God» - seem to shy away from discussing any matters related to faith,» he said.

Abraham may have been afraid or ashamed to push to the limit, either out of a gradually increasing fear that God will judge him presumptuous or out of embarrassment at revealing a personal interest in his one kinsman, Lot.

Crucifixes removed from classrooms, a lay president, pro-abortion activity, a general embarrassment at religion.

He has ignored the CEO playbook for a company that faces a crisis of public trust: He does not grovel, he does not evince embarrassment at the size of the lapse.

She has also helped me evade detection by grabbing me and kissing me, in public, in a fashion that causes passerby's to feel embarrassment at the thought of staring and by creating emotional scenes that cause the curious to momentarily forget what they were looking for.

Keep embarrassments at bay and show her that you are attracted to her the way she is

Not exact matches

The question that remains unanswered is at which point Trump policies become an embarrassment for those who have lined up behind Trump's promise to cut taxes and regulation, or indeed the Wall Streeters who have joined the administration.

Issac Boltansky, an analyst at Compass Point, said in a note to clients to Tuesday that the near - term embarrassment of the healthcare failure will give way to a renewed push for tax reform.

«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.

So in practice, if you are young software developer or entrepreneur in San Francisco, you can choose to work at a start - up that will have a more than 50 percent chance of going out of business in the next 18 months without risking the embarrassment of running out of money and having to move back in with your parents.