Her parents, seeing nothing in her ill looks and agitation but the natural consequence of mortified feelings, and of the unusual exertion and fatigue of such a journey, parted from her without any doubt of their being soon slept away; and though, when they all met the next morning, her recovery was not equal to their hopes, they were still perfectly unsuspicious of there being any deeper evil.
Miss Tilney drew back directly, and the heavy doors were closed upon the mortified Catherine, who, having seen, in a momentary glance beyond them, a narrower passage, more numerous openings, and symptoms of a winding staircase, believed herself at last within the reach of something worth her notice; and felt, as she unwillingly paced back the gallery, that she would rather be allowed to examine that end of the house than see all the finery of all the rest.
She was terribly mortified about the pudding sauce last week.
I felt so mortified, Marilla; he might have been politer to a stranger, I think.
" "Oh, auntie, my sore toe's mortified!
I was mortified.
Loved it but mortified .
My sister was mortified and began attempting to shut her child up, the man immediately left the queue as something terribly important had obviously just come to mind and the bank remained quiet as my niece argued the veracity of her statement.
It takes courage and stamina, when mortified by humiliating disaster, to seek in the ruins the elements of future conquest.
I have regretted it ever since: I bet if I had explained his poor performance he would have been first shocked, then mortified.
Other moments which leave us mortified include introducing someone to another person when you have forgotten their name (32 percent), meeting someone who used to be in a relationship with your partner (28 percent) and talking to someone you secretly find attractive (26 percent).
" "That is very true," replied Elizabeth, "and I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
Mortified.
This guy is amazing,' I said, pointing at my husband, who looked completely mortified and slipped away to fiddle with the music.
If you eat with your left hand, expect your fellow diners to be mortified.
If you eat with your left hand, expect your fellow diners to be mortified.
Sometimes, in winter, when the snow lay white and glittering on the ground, a hare would come springing along, and jump right over the little tree; and then how mortified it would feel!
As for me, I was mortified.
But mortified and furious as the Sultan was, his feelings were nothing to those of Prince Firouz Schah, when he saw the object of his passionate devotion being borne rapidly away.
" "Madam," replied the vizir, "what you say is very just, but I cannot pardon Noureddin before I have mortified him as he deserves.