All allusions, therefore, recalling his mortifying defeat were disagreeable to him. From Wordnik.com. [Frank's Campaign, or, Farm and Camp] Reference
The first object on which the blacksmith's eyes rested kindled him with indignation, and recalled mortifying memories. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus] Reference
Either of them had only to mention the word "mortifying" to send. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Jazz Age] Reference
After all, she did find it 'mortifying' to have been named the Sexiest Woman Alive last year. From Wordnik.com. [rediff.com] Reference
Plame Wilson, played by Naomi Watts in the film, says it was "mortifying" to be a suddenly be a public person, forced into the spotlight after her outing. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
"mortifying" to send them both into riotous gasps. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Jazz Age] Reference
And now here was a ridiculous and mortifying fact. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
Army of the Potomac suffered such mortifying defeat. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
If the walls are there, it is somewhat more mortifying. From Wordnik.com. [A Mess] Reference
From that hour he lost no opportunity of mortifying me. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
I thought and still think this lecture needlessly cruel and mortifying. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
Nations; and it is a mortifying Reflection to consider what a miserable. From Wordnik.com. [A Dialogue Between Dean Swift and Tho. Prior, Esq. In the Isles of St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, On that Memorable Day, October 9th, 1753] Reference
Elizabeth's mortifying confusion was a quick thrill at knowing his name. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
She was a sensitive woman, and there was much that was mortifying in her position. From Wordnik.com. [Girls and Women] Reference
"It was awesome, incredible, and mortifying, all at the same time," Ms. Cohen said. From Wordnik.com. [15 Minutes for Chef's Broccoli] Reference
I reported the mortifying failure to the Rev.Mr. Seys, and Mr.W. returned to Monrovia. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
So it's sad to think those mortifying school snapshots might soon be a thing of the past. From Wordnik.com. [Say ‘Cheese!’ And Now Say ‘Airbrush!’] Reference
He seemed rather to aim at gaining the doubtful, than mortifying or crushing the hostile. '. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
It was a mortifying spectacle, but from that day no officer in that division ever abandoned his colors. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
To find all her thoughts both by day and night filled with this one image was at once mortifying and terrible. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
But lucky for us, our friends and family are the only people who revel in our most awkward and mortifying moments. From Wordnik.com. [Caught In The Act! Hilarious Photos Of Politicians Getting Frisky] Reference
By the time Argentina, Yugoslavia and Spain had scorched them, the U.S.A. had to settle for a mortifying sixth place. From Wordnik.com. [The Best In Sports] Reference
So mortifying an adventure he did not like to hear recited, but has in this print recorded the circumstance which led to it. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency] Reference
The astounding issue of the Irish State trials will constitute a conspicuous and mortifying event in the history of the times. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844] Reference
There is, for two souls that are a little above others, something mortifying in repeating to you for the tenth time not to believe in calumny. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
Whatever Cleveland's sins in Sunday's game, they were, of course, compounded by the mortifying comments by the both the team owner and president. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Dangers In The Dawg Pound] Reference
The first refusal of the Carmelites only served to animate her to greater perfection, and she made the same use of this second mortifying rejection. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
And when he did reach the NBA finals playing with the Orlando Magic, O'Neal shot free throws at a mortifying .393 rate as Orlando also was swept 4-0. From Wordnik.com. [Shaq In The Battle Again] Reference
According to Heidi — whose ears have now been surgically "pinned back" — it was mortifying to see herself on TV with flaps sticking out "like Dumbo.". From Wordnik.com. [Heidi Montag, Version 3.0] Reference
But when, having seen him act, we come in the capacity of public critics to adjudge him his rights, we feel the mortifying necessity of speaking other language. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3] Reference
The two women sat in an uncomfortable silence for some minutes, and then the elder of them went upstairs to bed, leaving the younger to her mortifying thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
It was a rough off-season for the NBA -- the arrests, the injuries and then, to top it all off, our "all-star" team finishes a mortifying sixth at the World Championships. From Wordnik.com. [Cheat Sheet: Driving Toward The Net] Reference
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