How to Use mortifying in a Sentence

mortifying

adjective

• And what could be more mortifying than getting lower ratings than your mother?
  — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
• There was once a time when a visible slip was considered a mortifying fashion faux pas.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 2 July 2026
• The answer might be a mortifying surprise.
  — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
• The second, a 2-1 home defeat, was mortifying.
  — George Caulkin, New York Times, 14 May 2026
• What feels energizing to one person can feel mortifying to another.
  — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
• With his speech, Oliver joins a growing trend of professionals whose AI use is revealed in mortifying ways.
  — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
• One particularly mortifying episode from the past haunts Hally.
  — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
• This is not a disaster or a triumph — this is just high school as a necessary, sometimes mortifying, and occasionally meaningful part of life.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
• Even more fortunately, TJ also has a real, if mortifying, alibi.
  — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
• The mortifying moment comes at a time when international tourism continues to rebound strongly despite global uncertainty.
  — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
• Iran got the United States to sign a document that even Americans described as degrading, mortifying, a total capitulation.
  — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026
• Officials in Tehran got the United States to sign a document that even Americans described as degrading, mortifying, a total capitulation.
  — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026
• Self-mortifying pamagdarame rituals, including whipping and crucifixion, likewise have roots in medieval Christian tradition.
  — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2026