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Mortification in a sentence
Mortification meaning
- The act of mortifying.
- A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
- The death of part of the body.
Synonyms of Mortification
Using Mortification
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of mortifying. | A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment. | The death of part of the body.
- Useful related words include: humiliation, self-discipline, self-denial, example.
- In the example corpus, mortification often appears in combinations such as: mortification of, the mortification.
Context around Mortification
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mortification
- In this selection, "mortification" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, self, corporal, psychological, admitting and associated stand out and add context to how "mortification" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a traditional mortification of the and and self mortification associated primarily. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mortification" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mortification
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The mortification and murmurs of discontent have long since faded of course. (12 words)
Such works are in fact, the reason behind the mortification of today’s society”. (14 words)
It begins with Salieri engaged in self-mortification, admitting his jealousy of Mozart’s genius. (15 words)
In cases like this, the legs and feet of the criminals begin to swell and mortify at the expiration of three or four days; some are said to live in this state for a fortnight, and expire at last from fatigue and mortification. (43 words)
Cases of brown recluse venom travelling along a limb through a vein or artery are rare, but the resulting tissue mortification can affect an area as large as several inches and in extreme cases require excising of the wound. (39 words)
Without a trace of mortification he admits to being a Class IX dropout who had to give up studies because of his father’s death and do odd jobs before finding his calling. (33 words)
Example sentences (13)
It has an Opus Dei type following that doesn’t believe in corporal mortification but rather psychological mortification.
The mortification and murmurs of discontent have long since faded of course.
In that way, recreates that sense of self-mortification that should be most acute during your teenaged years, and how we’re not always capable of saying what we want to say.
It begins with Salieri engaged in self-mortification, admitting his jealousy of Mozart’s genius.
Such works are in fact, the reason behind the mortification of today’s society”.
Without a trace of mortification he admits to being a Class IX dropout who had to give up studies because of his father’s death and do odd jobs before finding his calling.
Cases of brown recluse venom travelling along a limb through a vein or artery are rare, but the resulting tissue mortification can affect an area as large as several inches and in extreme cases require excising of the wound.
He also painted a similarly painting of individuals undergoing a traditional mortification of the flesh and a bleeding crucified Christ called The Flagellants (1900).
He experienced the mortification of seeing Protestantism also favoured by other members of his family.
In cases like this, the legs and feet of the criminals begin to swell and mortify at the expiration of three or four days; some are said to live in this state for a fortnight, and expire at last from fatigue and mortification.
In some cultures, extreme practices such as mortification of the flesh or painful rites of passage are highly regarded.
Neither did Hasidism, often portrayed as promoting healthy sensuality, unanimously reject the asceticism and self-mortification associated primarily with its rivals.
She was a Cistercian nun from Piacenza, authoritarian and given to extreme forms of self-mortification.
Common combinations with mortification
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- mortification of 4×
- the mortification 3×