mortification

Example Sentences

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Also because many of those who have been dealt the mortification were comparatively affluent and accomplished.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

The last bell saved them from possible mortification.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025

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 • Nov. 10, 2023

Rather, each of these minions is in thrall to the project of keeping the lie alive, complicit in a pathological system of mortification, expiation, and fear that has taken on a life of its own.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2023

Nately shook his head, his cheeks darkening with shy and regretful mortification.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller