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.