embarrassing moment

collocation in English

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embarrassing
adjective
uk
/ɪmˈbær.ə.sɪŋ/us
/ɪmˈber.ə.sɪŋ/
making you ...
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moment
noun
uk
/ˈməʊ.mənt/us
/ˈmoʊ.mənt/
a very short period ...
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(Definition ofembarrassingandmomentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Closing as anembarrassingmomentto both sales agents and prospects.
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It was a deeplyembarrassingmoment, perhaps even for his own party.
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It is anembarrassingmomentto be asked to accept a third rise.
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He has called this the mostembarrassingmomentin his career.
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He also said this was the mostembarrassingmomentof his coaching career.
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At a comeback interview in 2008, he jokingly referred to it as one of the mostembarrassingmomentof his music career.
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Grady was vociferous and outspoken during his playing career, and never shied away from recounting the infamous tale of his mostembarrassingmoment.
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He shaved his chest, and had anembarrassingmomentin the house in which he attempted to hide the fact that he was shaving his chest from the cameras.
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Simon later recalled that it was the mostembarrassingmomentof his career.
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It was anembarrassingmoment.
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I can foresee some embarrassing moments on public platforms.
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This led to one of the most embarrassing moments of my life.
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That would have saved the world community a great deal of money, time and embarrassing moments.
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Embarrassing moments is a feature on readers' recent embarrassing moments.
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Instead, they face embarrassing moments feeling as though they are outsiders in their own house.
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As he goes through many things at his new life, he encounters many challenges, crushes, adventures and embarrassing moments.
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He becomes quite conspicuous as he covers a classroom in snow, yells during an orientation speech and has other embarrassing moments.
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Even the animation has embarrassing moments of inconsistency.
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