prove embarrassing

Frequency: 6.58.2 per million words

to turn out to be embarrassing

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Examples (10)

  • The politician's old tweets proved embarrassing during the campaign.
  • Leaking the internal memo could prove very embarrassing for the company.
  • His lack of preparation has proved embarrassing in front of the board members.
  • Forgetting my lines on stage proved more embarrassing than I could have ever imagined.
  • The decision to invest in that startup proved embarrassing when it went bankrupt a month later.
  • The study's flawed methodology ultimately proved embarrassing for the research institute.
  • What he thought was a harmless joke proved embarrassing when no one laughed.
  • The emerging details of the scandal proved increasingly embarrassing for the government.
  • The team's performance in the final match proved embarrassing for their fans.
  • His attempt to impress everyone with his dance moves proved deeply embarrassing.