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Meanings of prove an embarrassment in English

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Usage of prove an embarrassment in English
1
If they return at the right moment, they may prove an embarrassment.
Flowing Gold
2
The BVI's courtship of China's rich and powerful may prove an embarrassment for the United Kingdom.
The Guardian
3
Pray let me not prove an embarrassment.
Lord Kilgobbin
4
His function was to see to it that no one passed there whose coming might prove an embarrassment.
A Pagan of the Hills
5
So now Cutter was threatening to disband the entire Section Nine department should it prove an embarrassment to Hanka.
Ghost in the Shell
6
Proved an embarrassment to the war effort, perhaps? The idea seemed to amuse him.
Broken angels
7
The case has proved an embarrassment to the home secretary and fuelled government efforts to reform the Strasbourg court.
The Guardian
8
The lack of some method of keeping the crowd amused at the more protracted fires has often proved an embarrassment to the force.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 12, 1917
9
The MCG's new curator Matt Page promised the wicket would have "plenty" in it after last year's pitch proved an embarrassment for Cricket Australia.
Reuters
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