chastise
verb (used with object)
to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
are chastising
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present progressiveof chastise.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“You would think Angela Bassett got up and walked out the room the way people are chastising her for being a ‘sore loser,’” the user wrote Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
In the episode, Beard stoically takes the subway home from the crushing defeat, imagines the announcers on TV are chastising him directly and heads out into the night.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2022
Designers are chastising the media for emphasizing the miniskirts in last year's collections.
From Time Magazine Archive
