mortifying

Example Sentences

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One particularly mortifying episode from the past haunts Hally.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

And then enough time passed that it began to feel slightly mortifying to say, “Hi, I realize I should have introduced myself years ago, but here I am!”

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2026

On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed the DOJ’s rather mortifying confession and its implications for the broader battle over Trump’s federalization of the Guard.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2025

Listening to the European golfers plead with fans to not chuck beers at a colleague’s spouse was mortifying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

I said, “Simply mortifying, Lucy Ray Raleigh,” in her mother’s loud voice.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia