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Meanings of great embarrassment in English

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Usage of great embarrassment in English
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It will be a great embarrassment to the USA, the tweet said.
News.com.au
2
In 1991 a priest in a Co Limerick village suffered great embarrassment.
The Irish Times
3
Such a proceeding placed Edward and his council in a great embarrassment.
St. George for England
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The delegates from Vermont have acted throughout the session under great embarrassment.
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions o...
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I started up; all did the same, and showed great embarrassment.
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01
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It will be a great embarrassment to the USA, Trump wrote on Twitter.
Reuters
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The law of hereditary descent is frequently involved in great embarrassment.
The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power
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But the Confirmation was coming on, and Madame Tellier was in great embarrassment.
Original Short Stories — Volume 07
9
It was an encounter of great embarrassment for both of them.
Scoop
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The place I now occupy has been one of great embarrassment and difficulty.
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet / ...
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He scratched his ear, rubbed his forehead, stroked his chin in great embarrassment.
The Aspirations of Jean Servien
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The audience tittered, and the discomfited witness retired in a state of great embarrassment.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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Rennet returned once more to the provost in great embarrassment.
Notre-Dame de Paris
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To my great embarrassment, I feel tears on my cheeks.
Feminist dot com
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He felt great embarrassment; but her embarrassment was no less.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems
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My name in his will is a great embarrassment, a source of real annoyance.
The House of a Thousand Candles
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United States of America
Common