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But Cory Grant did not come into that category at all, so it was far better not to speculate whether her skin would feel like cool silk against his, or what it would take to make her face warm with sensual pleasure rather than embar rassment or anger.

Rome's Revenge Craven, Sara 2001

To Cressy's embar rassment, it had been made immediately clear that she would be allowed to pay nothing for her night's lodging or her meal.

The Tycoon's Mistress Craven, Sara 2000

To Cressy's embar rassment, it had been made immediately clear that she would be allowed to pay nothing for her night's lodging or her meal.

The Tycoon's Mistress Craven, Sara 2000

Japan's pachinko parlors, traditionally run by native Japanese, were now in the hands of Koreans, many of whom had ties to North Korea, and it was becoming an increasing source of embar - rassment to the Japanese government to have these profits going directly to the dictatorial and paranoid regime that ruled the north.

Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995

Kathy felt as though she had a gag in her throat, but the mother misunderstood the girl's embar - rassment and now really became curious where the child had been all morning.

Tales From The Secret Annex Frank, Anne 1983

After all, it might have been a practical joke, leading to my embar - rassment.

Juxtaposition Anthony, Piers 1982

After all, it might have been a practical joke, leading to my embar - rassment.

Juxtaposition Anthony, Piers 1982

As the expectation of an imminent apocalypse receded, millenarian enthusiasm became an embar - rassment and a threat to the order of society and the unity of the Church.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas SANFORD A. LAKOFF 1968

For the first time, she kissed him without constraint or embar - rassment.

The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather 1915

Mr. DOUGLASS to address the convention: He came forward to the platform with a hesitancy and embar - rassment, necessarily the attendants of a sensitive mind in such a novel position.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave 1845