"spectacle" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Ultimate responsibility for the embarrassing spectacle rests with Mayor Koch, who has let the dispute behind this week's confrontation fester far too long.
- Six of 10 said that they believed that the hearings were an embarrassing spectacle that would "result in nothing good."
- Fifty-eight percent agreed with the statement that in the long run the hearings "were just an embarrassing spectacle that will result in nothing good."
- They succeeded, though the effort hardly seemed necessary, since the ceremony proved a pretty embarrassing spectacle on its own.
- Time may make the heart grow fonder, but time is not responsible for the embarrassing spectacle at the Lyceum.
- Aghast, the assembled company of notables looked elsewhere for some less embarrassing spectacle than the aged drunkard, slobbering down his chin.
- A1 The reaction across the world to the accusations against Judge Thomas has been to view the proceedings as an embarrassing American spectacle.
- Yesterday, Mr. Schumer replayed a videotape recording of that 1994 performance, calling it "probably the most embarrassing spectacle ever by a New York Senator."
- If that is the case, then it's been a very embarrassing spectacle.
- That set off an embarrassing spectacle, as German officials offered the job, without success, to a long list of leading German industrialists.
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