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She had mortified her boss by jetting away on lavish trips and hiring a firm to rate the reporters covering her.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had thwarted her schemes, he had mortified her vanity, he had wounded her pride; and she was one of those women who bide their time, but have a strong tenacity of resentments.

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 by Various

That called forth a burst of laughter from the entire audience, all being as well aware as the lecturer himself who it was that had mortified him.”

From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

Whatever had mortified or angered me at our last interview was forgiven and forgotten now.

From The Two Destinies by Collins, Wilkie

He had been wounded and captured, after undergoing great hardships, during the great Russian attack upon the passes of the Carpathians in the early spring, and his wound had mortified.

From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)