Example Sentences

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County leaders have castigated the procedures used by the contractors, which had no previous experience in administering or auditing elections, as sloppy and unsecure.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2021

He throws together a special routine to work around Widow’s knee injury in seconds, where other guests would have castigated her for complaining.

From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2020

For decades, when not effervescing over royal weddings and births, the tabloids have castigated the royals as lazy, frumpy, dissipated or self-indulgent.

From New York Times • May 1, 2018

The U.N. and rights groups like Amnesty International and Save the Children have castigated Australia for its failure to follow up on widespread detainee complaints.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2016

If, post-mortem, he had seen me and my Jonny clutching each other and bawling our eyes out like wailing women in a Greek tragedy, he would have castigated us roundly.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2014