Examples of “embarrassing” in a Sentence

adjective Causing feelings of shame or awkward self-consciousness.

• The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad. — Margery Allingham, Eye Witness (1963)
• It was embarrassing to forget my own phone number in front of everyone.
• It was an embarrassing moment for the whole team.
• Falling asleep in the meeting was pretty embarrassing.