So colleges and universities are offering students instruction in how to avoid embarrassing themselves in front of potential investors or business partners.

And he says British officers ordered the mercenaries to be shot to avoid embarrassing the US.

'I'm sorry, sir, I only wished to avoid embarrassing you.'

We shall continue to try to say as little as possible to avoid embarrassing the United States administration.

What etiquette will help you avoid embarrassing yourself on the site as your relationship develops?

They should wait, and if they want to avoid embarrassing themselves, they shouldn't do one at all.

Is there anything you would like to tell us about it so we can avoid embarrassing you or ourselves?

Mr. Clinton emphasized to both that they needed to avoid embarrassing each other.

She herself never wrote any of the letters; instead, she dictated them so as to avoid embarrassing, and possibly incriminating, documentation.

He said, "To avoid embarrassing the friend who is the subject of this piece.