Instead of being forgotten, this leak could turn out to be a serious embarrassment to President Bush.

The ruling was seen within the department as a serious embarrassment with wide-ranging political implications.

These vote totals represented a serious embarrassment and threat to the International unions.

It brought serious embarrassment to the Singapore government, and many questions raised by the public and the press.

Any admissions of wrongdoing in the agreement would be a serious embarrassment to the French government.

You have already conjured a serious embarrassment from my very clear instructions for these men.

The failure to fight the drug war in its own backyard, by a power that preached so readily to others, would be a serious embarrassment.

Their disclosures were, however, likely to cause serious political embarrassment to the Government.

By the time Tryon made the turn, he was in danger of serious embarrassment.

There followed a period of serious embarrassment which was only solved with difficulty.