suffer embarrassment

Frequency: 6.89.2 per million words

To endure a painful or difficult experience of embarrassment.

embarrassmentVERB + embarrassment (feeling)

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suffer

Examples (10)

  • He suffered great personal embarrassment after failing the tests.
  • The politician suffered acute embarrassment when he forgot his speech on live television.
  • No child should have to suffer the embarrassment of being publicly shamed by a teacher.
  • If this sensitive data leaks, the company will suffer considerable embarrassment.
  • She suffered the embarrassment of having her credit card declined at the restaurant.
  • I would rather leave the party early than suffer the embarrassment of my terrible dancing.
  • After the product recall, the CEO had to suffer the embarrassment of facing angry shareholders.
  • He suffered the silent embarrassment of realizing his zipper was down the entire meeting.
  • Many athletes suffer huge embarrassment when they perform poorly in a major competition.
  • To avoid suffering further embarrassment, he quickly apologized for his mistake.