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Jen gets her son to play his uncle's favourite sport, but her obnoxious behavior at games only succeeds in mortifying him.
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The family income did not allow him to occupy a higher rank than that of a sizer, or poor scholar, and this was mortifying to his sensitive mind.
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All of her suggestions are to aid in the process of teasing and mortifying.
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He was a devout man, who took piety to the extreme of mortifying his own flesh.
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