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- verb Common misspelling of
embarrass .
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Examples
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RANDOM THOUGHT: The word embarass makes me think of "em bare ass".
wilberteets Diary Entry wilberteets 2003
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Griffin's decision to accept the invitation, despite his previous assertion that his attendance would "embarass" the Queen, has been widely criticised, not least by
New Statesman 2010
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Obama tells us that production of said documents would "embarass" him.
Latest Articles 2009
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It is a pedantic effort to embarass the president without taking any ownership for the policy of the intervention, said Berman.
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It is a pedantic effort to embarass the president without taking any ownership for the policy of the intervention, said Berman.
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Both pieces I link to here embarass anti-rail or anti-tax groups who are, as the Phoenix article notes, “muted” if not definetively silenced.
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If you have a sense of shame you will try and educate yourself if for no other reason than not to embarass yourself in your efforts at re-education.
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It is a pedantic effort to embarass the president without taking any ownership for the policy of the intervention, said Berman.
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Both pieces I link to here embarass anti-rail or anti-tax groups who are, as the Phoenix article notes, “muted” if not definetively silenced.
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Better than Moran embarass his party (if that is possible) than invite an embarassment into ours.
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