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

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

The episode left the plaintiff “frozen with shock, mortification, and fear from what was happening, particularly given Mr. Schlapp’s power and status in conservative political circles,” according to the lawsuit.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2023

His enemies and doubters, however, said that this Gotama was an idle fraud; he passed his days in high living, scorned the sacrifices, was unlearned and knew neither practices nor mortification of the flesh.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse