For example, when Keynes pivoted to a protectionist stance on trade in 1933, he was mortified to receive a congratulatory letter from Oswald Mosley, who had founded the British Union of Fascists the previous year.

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Mortified at seeing a fisherman slicing open a sturgeon and throwing away the roe, the princess explained they were a prized delicacy in Russia and sent an expert to teach the locals how to make caviar.

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French designers were mortified -- such a quintessentially Gallic symbol in the hands of a foreigner.

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Dr Weston visits him nightly through the week it takes him to die, not knowing what to say, mortified by her uselessness as a doctor and companion.

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Friends and colleague Rachael Beaumont, described in court how Mrs Esack had been left "mortified" by the news her husband was having an affair with a man.

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He said he was "mortified" when he heard the 20 Song album was sold rather than a "child friendly CD".

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"I was thinking, God, if I had to sit there all day and have a million people pass me and stare, I'd be mortified, " says Donnelly.

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Ms Smith, a mother of five, said she was "absolutely devastated" about the fire and was mortified when she was arrested.

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