Sentence examples for mortified for from inspiring English sources

Wagner presents them as mortified for allowing Alberich to steal the gold.

My daughter is especially mortified for a Muslim friend, who was within earshot and who, unlike her, wears a headscarf.

He appeared to be mortified, for example, when told that "A Bigger Splash" is still in video stores.

She was mortified, for example when she discovered that her daughter had been taught about paedophilia when she was just seven years old.

The last time I had visited, a friend of hers had referred to me as "the fat Englishman" and, mortified for us both, I'd resolved that the next time I saw her, I would be thin.

My daughter is especially mortified for a Muslim friend, who was within earshot and who, unlike her, wears a headscarf_._ I assure her that it's O.K., that her friend probably didn't hear him and that, even if she did, she may not have been that affected by his words.

"It mortified me, for sure," Ms. Cuccia said.

Normally I would have been mortified, but for the first time, on this particular evening, at the end of this particular school year, I watched them, uncool as they were.

In the middle of the film, Al stood up, raising a fist and shouted, "Pretentious bullshit!" Philip was mortified, and for a long time after, Al's children made him promise he wouldn't yell during movies.

Like a medieval ascetic, Mr. Feld mortified the flesh for the sake of spiritual visions.

"She was mortified and pushed for reform". As a result, says Stewart, "Poor and minority people in Georgia are now having their votes counted". The November 2008 poll, conducted by YouGov/Polimetrix, includes a list of 19 questions friendly yet austere that will be posed to voters the day after they have cast their ballots.