mortified
Example Sentences
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"I'm mortified with the performance. I know you can lose games of football but we should have enough in the building to take care of that tonight."
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Rolincik was assigned a slow French ballad and was mortified when the instructor said she was doing too much.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
“I’m mortified to say, however, I fell hard for this one.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
If I was mortified just to breathe, how could I even think about loving another man?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
But mostly she was too mortified to face the congregation.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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