mortified
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With only two minutes for the family to talk, Seyfried suddenly seems mortified to be intruding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
“I’m mortified to say, however, I fell hard for this one.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
"I remember when my mother was mortified that I was walking down the street with a phone to my ear," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
If I was mortified just to breathe, how could I even think about loving another man?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
At twelve, though, Carla was at least a year older than most sixth graders, and she felt mortified at the thought of having to repeat yet another year.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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