embarrassing question
Frequency: 6.89.5 per million words
A question that makes someone feel ashamed or awkward.
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Examples (10)
- She was asked an embarrassing question about her past relationships.
- The reporter posed an embarrassing question to the politician.
- He tried to avoid answering the embarrassing question during the interview.
- It was an embarrassing question, and I didn't know how to respond.
- The child asked an embarrassing question that made everyone uncomfortable.
- No one wanted to ask the embarrassing question about the budget deficit.
- She felt her cheeks flush when confronted with the embarrassing question.
- His directness sometimes leads to asking embarrassing questions.
- The interviewer apologized for asking such an embarrassing question.
- Having to answer an embarrassing question publicly was her worst nightmare.