Example Sentences

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The State Department had chastised the move as “just the latest example” of Ukrainian leaders violating practices of good governance.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2022

Previously, Times’ executive editor Dean Baquet had chastised reporters for so much as clicking “like” on a tweet that criticized a colleague.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2020

Gliding across the warning track was Lorenzo Cain, who had chastised himself after dropped a ninth-inning triple from Chris Taylor the night before.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2018

The person who worked with McCarrick said they suspect church leaders in Rome had chastised McCarrick in some way, telling him to pull back from public life.

From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2018

For, as I told you, they fled away from me, after I had chastised them for a treason, into the hidden places of the isle, whereas they had no keel to sail away hence. 

From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by Morris, William