Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
embarrass .
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Examples
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Nathan then put on the stage the "Alcade dans l'Embarras" -- a comedie called an "imbroglio" and presented at the
Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 2 Anatole Cerfberr 1865
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The Embarras (one "s") River in east central Illinois embarrassed the Corps when one of their levees crumbled on Tuesday.
Georgianne Nienaber: Source Asks "What is the Real Water Policy of the United States?" 2008
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An example of this was Mr. Linley Sambourne's drawing, entitled "An Embarras de Richesses," graphically illustrating the glut of money in "the City" in the summer of 1894.
The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann
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-- The Kaskaskia, Embarras, and heads of the Little Wabash water it.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West John Mason Peck 1823
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-- The Wabash east, Fox river west, and Embarras and
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West John Mason Peck 1823
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Vermillion of the Wabash, which enters that river in Indiana, Embarras, that has its source near that of the Kaskaskia, runs south-easterly, and enters the Wabash 9 miles below Vincennes, and Little Wabash near its mouth.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West John Mason Peck 1823
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-- The Embarras runs through it, and the Muddy Fork of the Little Wabash waters its western side.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West John Mason Peck 1823
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Wabash, and the Embarras, all running in opposite directions.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West John Mason Peck 1823
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At four P.M. we left the main branch of the Athabasca, entering a small river called the Embarras.
The Journey to the Polar Sea John Franklin 1816
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At four P.M. we left the main branch of the Athabasca, entering a small river, called the Embarras.
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 John Franklin 1816
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