It occurred to her that she ought to tell someone, or check on him herself, risking embarrassment.

It allows them to test new areas of adult behavior without risking as much embarrassment as they would in person.

To complain to a school official is to risk embarrassment over issues that are already sensitive.

"Behind the Music" is made with the cooperation of its subjects, who are willing to risk embarrassment to be back in the spotlight.

He has also displayed uncommon political courage by risking embarrassment not only to himself but to his two children, ages 10 and 12.

He decided not to risk further embarrassment by returning for that errand.

The jump shot comes and goes, but Collins no longer risks embarrassment when he takes it.

But this too would have risked embarrassment, since Clinton is an acknowledged computer illiterate and can't type.

Otherwise, they risk further embarrassment as the anticorruption investigations proceed.

This allows the child to gather information without risking embarrassment or criticism.