After that monumental embarrassment, there was nothing left but to leave the country, so we headed off to ski in Switzerland.

His discomfort at the thought of such monumental embarrassment made Troi smile.

Compounding this monumental embarrassment were several other revelations.

Twenty-five years in the making, the Théâtre Royal is a sore subject for Marrakshis still waiting for a completed interior - apparently the work wasn't done to specifications, the money's gone, and the whole legal ordeal's become a monumental embarrassment.

It is a monumental embarrassment for us who intend to vote against this bill that we appear to be on the same side as this speaker.

The president's new Medicare prescription drug program has been a monumental embarrassment, leaving some of the most vulnerable members of our society without essential medication.

Many students - no doubt blacks and whites - have grown up thinking that this brilliant medical scientist's life paid homage to African-Americans, while his death was a monumental embarrassment to America.

Tested Positive The spring's frustration was soon followed by the brief scandal and monumental embarrassment of Millen's having tested positive for a banned substance, believed to be steroids, at the world championships in Stockholm last April.