mortify

Example Sentences

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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

The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was mortify.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2022

Women who had lost their children drifted over little by little, to mortify themselves with possibilities and never-would-bes.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead