sense of embarrassment

collocation in English

meaningsofsenseandembarrassment

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sense
noun
uk
/sens/
us
/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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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 ofsenseandembarrassmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsense of embarrassment

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The appearances of the party in public reflected this tangiblesenseofembarrassment.
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I share thesenseofembarrassmentthat we are debating this matter at so early an hour.
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To hide behind asenseofembarrassmentabout our colonial past would be seen by many ordinary people as an excuse for inaction.
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Sadly, that is still not talked about openly and there is still asenseofembarrassmentand stigma about the subject.
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Let us not have anysenseofembarrassmentabout that.
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Does he not feel asenseofembarrassmentor even shame that we should be proposing something of that sort?
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Many of us have asenseofembarrassmentat the number of people who failed to vote, even in our own constituencies.
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They have nosenseofembarrassment.
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Study participants have also reported asenseofembarrassmentin being caught or in mixing up messages between conversational partners.
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She is ignorant of the ways of the world, but nevertheless has a normalsenseofembarrassment.
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