mortify

That it seems a choice at all is what should mortify us.

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024

A few years after I sent the quarterback the audio recording, a friend who lived in his dorm told me that he’d played it aloud for his buddies in an effort to mortify me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024

“Don’t take advantage of your own position and role to mortify the other.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2022

Yet part of the song came to mortify him, he allowed.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2021

I wonder what he needs to hide, because there is enough here in his living room that should mortify him.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

“The idea that I’d go out with a recent widower just mortifies me,” Carolyn told THR.

From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2023

It said the spread of English "demeans and mortifies" Italian and proposed that all public and private bodies had to use the language of Dante to promote their goods and services.

From Reuters ● Mar. 31, 2023

Being stalked by an invisible enemy surely mortifies those with an obsessive-compulsive fear of germs, and deepens the distress of many who have experienced waves of uncontrollable anxiety before the epidemic.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2020

Saint-André worries that cases similar to hers are ignored by overenthusiastic doctors – and the thought of patients self-medicating with no professional supervision mortifies her.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2016

I ought to have read more, for I find I don’t know anything, and it mortifies me.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

If I was mortified just to breathe, how could I even think about loving another man?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

"We took one child home and they were mortified by their child's actions and they took all the electronics, games consoles, mobile phone away from them," he said.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

For instance, Washington would have been mortified to hear his rigorously trained Virginia Regiment characterized as a lowly militia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

In Samantha's case, she said she was fortunate to have a strong support system around her who could temporarily help with bills in the short-term but she still felt "absolutely mortified" at what had happened.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

Before I can be mortified, Phil swipes it up with his finger and puts it in his mouth.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

The only thing more mortifying than a shameless stunt fight is knowing you’re shameless enough to watch it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

And then enough time passed that it began to feel slightly mortifying to say, “Hi, I realize I should have introduced myself years ago, but here I am!”

From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2026

On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed the DOJ’s rather mortifying confession and its implications for the broader battle over Trump’s federalization of the Guard.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2025

Mr Holliday used to really embarrass me because I would play with the boys and girls in school and he would tell all the boys to pass to me, but that was mortifying for me.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025

When I do, it’s almost too mortifying to admit.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins