embarrassing revelation
Frequency: 6.58.1 per million words
describes a revelation that causes someone to feel ashamed or awkward
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Examples (10)
- The embarrassing revelations came just hours before he was to make his speech.
- The politician tried to dismiss the embarrassing revelation about his past.
- Her accidental comment led to an embarrassing revelation about their secret plan.
- Such embarrassing revelations can ruin a career.
- He had hoped to keep the scandal quiet, but an embarrassing revelation from an old friend surfaced.
- The company fears an embarrassing revelation about its financial mismanagement.
- An embarrassing revelation was made during the cross-examination.
- How did such an embarrassing revelation manage to leak to the press?
- For her, admitting her mistake was an embarrassing revelation, but necessary.
- Despite efforts to conceal the truth, the embarrassing revelation eventually became public knowledge.