31. The issue of assigning blame for the mortifying failure to detect Ames posed a painful dilemma for Woolsey. 32. Yokoyama-- were elected governors, inflicting mortifying defeats on candidates backed by the ruling coalition government. 33. "Sometimes the things that come out of my mouth are mortifying , " she conceded. 34. In Game 4, Oates played just 8 : 28, which he said was a mortifying experience. 35. And the team is still recovering from its mortifying Olympic quarterfinal loss to Belarus in Salt Lake City. 36. After 14 years of war in China and the Pacific, Japan had arrived at a mortifying surrender. 37. For a party which has held the presidency since 1981, an all-conservative runoff would be mortifying . 38. Jeansonne has written a mortifying , valuable history that deserves a wide readership, never more so than these days. 39. Especially last night's mortifying debacle in front of a national " Monday Night Football " audience. 40. "Know what's mortifying ? " asks the junkie protagonist of " Permanent Midnight ."