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Watching the horror movie increased the students’ aversion to risk by roughly as much as the financial crisis had chastened the bank’s clients, although not among those who claimed to like horror movies.

From Economist • Jan. 23, 2014

The inscrutable voter, who had chastened them all in 1948, seemed even more inscrutable in 1950.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cold brow, the fervent mouth, the fearless eyes, the lines with which Time had chastened into womanliness her girlish figure—these had become the expression of an invincible regret.

From The Voice of the People by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

Misfortune had chastened him, and the last years of his rule were just and even benevolent, if somewhat autocratic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

The events of the preceding autumn had chastened and matured both of the genially irresponsible young men and the resultant change edified their immediate relatives even while it caused them to exhibit unflattering astonishment.

From The Fifth Ace by Gage, George W.