mortification
Example Sentences
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The last bell saved them from possible mortification.
From BBC
To us, it sounds comically quaint; Queen Victoria would have plotzed from mortification.
From Los Angeles Times
Maybe it was the sense of hopelessness and mortification that made them throw caution, and inferiority, to the wind.
From BBC
None of the above appear in the film, though we see hints of her bodily mortifications and one hungover instance of virtuoso vomiting.
From Los Angeles Times
And when Ma Carruthers hangs a rainbow ornament on the tree for “my gay son” to Jimmy’s mortification, well, at least she’s trying?
From Los Angeles Times
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