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  • I don't even know why I am writing this becuase it would just embarrasse him if he read it.

    Snell-Pym » Another Friend Gone 2008

  • “Oh!” and left Colonel Newcome blushing and rather embarrasse de sa personne — before her.

    The Newcomes 2006

  • Lady Kew said "Oh!" and left Colonel Newcome blushing and rather embarrasse de sa personne -- before her.

    The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • I feel sorta embarrasse ­d buying cookies from girlscouts­, but they're da bomb!

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Sarah Klein 2012

  • Future historians ­, speaking French or Chinese, may dub the next 20 years in America, "The Age of Schlock" noting that while Queen Victoria would be embarrasse ­d by the increasing level of income inequality in America Louis XIV would not.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Andy Kroll 2011

  • I am so embarrasse dimplasm: So some of y'all honestly believe poor people are poor

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012

  • Unless they were intentiona ­lly investing in a sock puppet, they should be embarrasse ­d by his public showing.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Elyse Siegel 2012

  • I feel sorta embarrasse ­d buying cookies from girlscouts­, but they're da bomb!

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Sarah Klein 2012

  • Now Saif London School of Economics should have caught on before now, but then they weren't embarrasse ­d by the money they were getting until now.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Rhinestone Cowboy its time to put on those back-less chaps and ride off into the sunset, before he embarrasse NYC619: Somebody please tell Gov.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012

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