How to Use mortify in a Sentence

mortify

verb

• It mortified me to have to admit that I'd never actually read the book.
• But she was mortified when a crime website posted her mug shot.
  — Clare Amari, New York Times, 27 May 2026
• They’d be mortified, but also kind of still drunk enough to be giggly.
  — Mike Sacks, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2017
• Getting caught with your hand in the church plate is mortifying.
  — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 28 Mar. 2018
• Lewis said she was mortified at hearing her former boss’ claim.
  — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2024
• Someone said their husband’s dad, which would mortify me even more!
  — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
• She was martyred and mortified and endured and rose again in the eyes of the people.
  — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
• Her husband looked mortified and pulled her away to a different part of the line.
  — John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
• He would’ve been mortified to see that kind of tacky scandal on what was a family show.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
• They are mortified by the emails their mother has sent to Epstein.
  — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
• And that display from our fans was mortifying.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
• But many people would be mortified to be caught unclad in public.
  — Ian Gilligan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
• The actress added that she was both mortified and impressed by Ivy’s joke.
  — Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
• There was a period though where I was mortified to walk in a room or be at a party.
  — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
• 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
• He's mortified, then obeys and is rendered totally naked in front of her and the cameras.
  — Lorraine Ali, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• Katie becomes a cause célèbre for a younger feminist and is mortified to see her face on T-shirts.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
• Mudra complied in an encounter that left her mortified.
  — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025
• The people who have the most money and power are the first to give up, and, frankly, that should be mortifying for them.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
• She also was mortified and wounded.
  — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 12 Jan. 2026
• To know the tragedy of this and to know the kind of character that Gus had, he'd be mortified to know that these lives were all lost.
  — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
• 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
• Substitute in those that reverberate deeply with you, those you would be mortified to let down and elated to make proud.
  — Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
• The two appeared mortified at the attention.
  — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
• The guy Becca is talking to is similarly mortified, but takes it in stride.
  — Meagan Fredette, refinery29.com, 3 June 2018
• Putin has two hopes for a less than completely mortifying rescue from his Ukraine blunder.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 16 July 2023
• These weird, offensive comms mortified his siblings.
  — Coley Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
• Ann Kerr was mortified by the behavior of her 60-year-old coaching son, for the first time in quite a while.
  — Janie McCauley, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
• But what is so mortifying about wearing a company T-shirt with your colleagues?
  — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 30 May 2023
• The Hoosiers weren’t just unwilling to throw the ball, they were absolutely mortified to do so.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2023