"grave" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- As his presence is a grave embarrassment, it has become necessary for me to remove him.
- Yopal went on speaking, her usual refrain about men and the sciences, and to Mora's grave embarrassment, Odo began to chatter behind her, a string of senseless syllables.
- We all thought your last visit would cause him grave embarrassment, but . . . " Marika turned away to conceal her features.
- The blemish to his own honor would be a grave embarrassment to his entire House.
- My capture would be a grave embarrassment for Gaius Marius, as you well know.
- "The conflict is a grave embarrassment for the US and its Nato allies," the paper said.
- The crash was a grave corporate embarrassment.
- Firstly Sempill's father was then aide-de-camp to King George V; any public trial would be a grave embarrassment to both The Crown and the British Establishment.
- The affair became a grave embarrassment to the Norwegian legal court system.
- Alice forces him to dance with her at first, as it will be a grave embarrassment for her to stand alone, but Walter eventually abandons her.
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