public embarrassment

collocation in English

meaningsofpublicandembarrassment

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public
adjective
uk
/ˈpʌb.lɪk/us
/ˈpʌb.lɪk/
relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group ...
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embarrassment
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪmˈbær.əs.mənt/us
/ɪmˈber.əs.mənt/
the feeling of being embarrassed, or something that makes you ...
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(Definition ofpublicandembarrassmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpublic embarrassment

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This device allows compromise to occur withoutpublicembarrassmentor the appearance of defeat.
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Power ofpublicembarrassmentis an additional tool on the consumer's side.
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They assess the chances of being caught, and if the sentence and thepublicembarrassmentare sufficient, they will be deterred.
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Pressure andpublicembarrassmentare essential to stop them.
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Publicembarrassmentoften has more impact than a pile of infringement proceedings in the post.
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Astri ultimately decides to tell the truth, and because of this they are sparedpublicembarrassment.
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Expectations were that the government would make an official statement on the rocket launch's failure and give closure to the day's highlypublicembarrassment.
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As the town's economy became more diversified,publicembarrassmentabout the illegal gambling increased.
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This creates an atmosphere of gambling and chance, where taking a risk or subjecting oneself topublicembarrassmentmay suddenly result in a windfall.
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Xianfeng was furious when he learned about it, but he did not rescind the edict because he wanted to save himself frompublicembarrassment.
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This led to a lawsuit andpublicembarrassmentfor the magazine.
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Roth did not attend the ceremony and the event was considered yet anotherpublicembarrassmentfor the band.
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Inexperienced and naive, she begins her tenure poorly with a number of public embarrassments over her husband's career.
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