It faced earlier embarrassment when the winning act, Leanne Mitchell, only reached no.

After all the earlier embarrassment, he'd expected her to leave.

I laughed uneasily, yet sobered almost at once, leaning across the table, all earlier embarrassment vanished.

But it was easier vowed than done, and it didn't help that his current plight echoed an earlier embarrassment.

The earlier embarrassment in feed levels has evaporated and dairy farmers have opened paddocks up to let cows spread out and prevent damage.