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Reviews of Mailer's extended meditation on the Egyptian book of the dead were mortifying.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2015

Cartoons were great, music was great, the trends were mortifying.

From Time • Aug. 26, 2014

Such alternatives were mortifying to consider, but his girls must be protected from harm at any cost.

From Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)

Our gracious Father preserved us in an humble Dependence on him through deep Exercises, that were mortifying to the creaturely Will.

From John Woolman's Journal by Woolman, John

"Emerald," said I. "It looks as if it were mortifying."

From From a Bench in Our Square by Adams, Samuel Hopkins