castigating

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Castigating the man and the idea, the U.S. instead kicked off a vast cold war arms race by developing hydrogen bombs, along with related costly and occasionally bizarre delivery systems and atmospheric testing.

From Scientific American • Jul. 27, 2023

Castigating himself after the fact for his “huge sense of entitlement,” Corden wrote, “I can see why and how it must have looked — ungracious, ungrateful and brattish.”

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022

Castigating the bureaucracy, she says: "It's not a kibbutz, it's a big country!"

From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2011

Castigating the nation for behaving "like a spoiled brat", he says that defeat must be accepted with good grace and that Ponting's successes outweigh his failures.

From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2010

Castigating myself and resolving anew, I wrote on in contrite silence.

From Our Friend John Burroughs by Barrus, Clara