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

The last bell saved them from possible mortification.

From BBC

To us, it sounds comically quaint; Queen Victoria would have plotzed from mortification.

From Los Angeles Times

Maybe it was the sense of hopelessness and mortification that made them throw caution, and inferiority, to the wind.

From BBC

None of the above appear in the film, though we see hints of her bodily mortifications and one hungover instance of virtuoso vomiting.

From Los Angeles Times