castigates
- present tense form of castigate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Pécresse, who controls Paris regional transport, hopes to have all buses and trains equipped with aircon by 2032, and she castigates her Socialist predecessor for failing to see its importance.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
He castigates Mary Ann Glendon, a professor of law at Harvard, for favoring “collective interests and responsibilities” over individual rights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
In U2’s “Crumbs From Your Table,” Bono castigates the wealthy West, especially the U.S., for its miserly and neglectful treatment of African countries long harmed by colonization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
Khan, by contrast, has gained momentum in local elections and continues to lead large, boisterous rallies where he castigates the government.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022
He sharply castigates the one-sidedness and impetuosity of the mechanical theory, as in Haeckel's discovery of Bathybius and of non-nucleated bacteria.
From Naturalism And Religion by Otto, Rudolf
