I tell you this with careful airiness because it is true and because it would embarrass me so horribly if you believed it.

He had never confided to Crewe the discovery of the missing corner in the dead man's hand, and therefore the production of the handkerchief by Crewe considerably embarrassed him.

We can see how needlessly they embarrass themselves who deny the name of fine art to any work whose theme is not beautiful, or which is not morally didactic.

He adds at the end of the letter: "I leave Rome immediately and know not when I shall be allowed to rest, the revolution here having turned everything into confusion, rendering the movements of travellers uncertain and unsafe, and embarrassing my studies and those of other artists exceedingly.

You'll embarrass him frightfully.

It merely embarrasses him to be found out, that's all.

They embarrassed her painfully.

But this and other evidence of the real effect of Madison's proposal failed to move him, further than to cause him to declare that "all that he wished was that the claims of the original holders, not less than those of the actual holders, should be fairly examined and justly decided," Finally Benson of New York gave him a shrewd home thrust that plainly embarrassed him.

He was possessed of a vivid sense of humour which at times embarrassed him sorely.

It embarrassed her subtly.

" "Yes; and if it comes to the worstif the decision be unfavorableit can only embarrass us temporarily.

Well, reallythis isIyouweer, he, she, theyFrankly, you embarrass me.

The absence of the cavalry unquestionably embarrassed Lee greatly; but, in his report, he is moderate and guarded, as usual, in his expressions.

" "Sir," broke out the other, "you embarrass me unspeakably.

I feared I had unwittingly embarrassed him, and in a moment I was surprised to find him speaking.

This may be regarded as an implied agreement to submit to the tolls during the continuance of the treaty, and consequently may embarrass the assertion of our right to be released therefrom.

It always vaguely embarrassed the Captain to correct Rose, and this increased his dignity.

But though this affair has deeply embarrassed me, I would not, for a great deal, have missed hearing the coolness and candor of argument, the logical reasoning and chaste eloquence of the discussion this evening.

The girl baby bearer, having tied the child so that it appears to be a bag, slings it over her shoulder, and it interferes but slightly with the movements of the nurse; does not discernibly embarrass her movements.