How to Use mortify in a Sentence

mortify

verb

• It mortified me to have to admit that I'd never actually read the book.
• A year ago, this group had been mortified by Trump’s election and the rise of populism around the world.
  — Time, 25 Jan. 2018
• Then my brother saw the letter and opened it and read it out loud and made fun of me, and I was mortified.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
• The actress added that she was both mortified and impressed by Ivy’s joke.
  — Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
• The purpose of British wedding speeches is to mortify the groom (and bride) for at least ten minutes.
  — Jessica Pan, The Cut, 17 May 2018
• Getting caught with your hand in the church plate is mortifying.
  — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 28 Mar. 2018
• But when Mr. Obama and the rest of his entourage rose to do the wave, Sasha stayed seated, her arm over her face as if mortified.
  — Julie Hirschfeld Davis, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2016
• They’d be mortified, but also kind of still drunk enough to be giggly.
  — Mike Sacks, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2017
• He's mortified, then obeys and is rendered totally naked in front of her and the cameras.
  — Lorraine Ali, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• Jane’s skill at Mozart’s Sonata in F shocks and amuses but isn’t pleasing enough in the film to mortify us on Emma’s account.
  — The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2020
• At the moment, that means staying lean—and building his butt, which was mortifying for Gage to share in that scene on The White Lotus.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 7 Mar. 2023
• The Hoosiers weren’t just unwilling to throw the ball, they were absolutely mortified to do so.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2023
• Someone said their husband’s dad, which would mortify me even more!
  — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
• But many people would be mortified to be caught unclad in public.
  — Ian Gilligan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
• Lewis said she was mortified at hearing her former boss’ claim.
  — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2024
• Large-scale protests in Hong Kong on that sacred date would mortify the Chinese government.
  — Mary Hui, Quartz, 30 Aug. 2019
• The guy Becca is talking to is similarly mortified, but takes it in stride.
  — Meagan Fredette, refinery29.com, 3 June 2018
• Here’s hoping the remainder of Trump’s foreign trip will be at least somewhat less gaffe-filled and mortifying to the USA and those of us who still care about how the world perceives us.
  — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 7 July 2017
• Thoroughly mortified, Lucas called her the next day to check in and apologize.
  — Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor, 23 Mar. 2023
• McCollum pushed for the 2010 law in reaction to the billions won by the lawyers who took on Big Tobacco, mortified that the money wasn’t going to the public.
  — Lawrence Mower, miamiherald, 14 May 2018
• As the editor of a scientific journal, I was mortified to read the claims laid out in Lewis-Kraus’s article.
  — Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• His audience looked baffled at best and mortified at worst.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2024
• While there was comfort in knowing that back-up plan was there if needed, the implementation of that plan would have mortified her.
  — Julie Heath, Cincinnati.com, 1 Jan. 2018
• Levy: Something that’s slightly mortifying for me — Aria and I were in Budapest, staying at the same hotel.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• Environmental groups that fended off oil rigs in the Arctic Refuge for four decades were mortified.
  — Dan Joling, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Oct. 2019
• She too was mortified by Harley’s behavior and sent a letter of apology to the chapter for her reference.
  — Marwa Eltagouri, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2018
• Putin has two hopes for a less than completely mortifying rescue from his Ukraine blunder.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 16 July 2023
• But what is so mortifying about wearing a company T-shirt with your colleagues?
  — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 30 May 2023
• Eckhart, whose office sits on the second floor of the Municipal Court building, said she was mortified upon learning the news.
  — Jonmaesha Beltran and Devin Blake, Journal Sentinel, 28 July 2023
• Rather than the masterminds of a conspiracy to gain an advantage in sport, the Nazis were mortified to discover that Ratjen was intersex.
  — Michael Waters / Made By History, TIME, 29 July 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024