castigate

Example Sentences

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They have heard him castigate the FBI and the "deep state," particularly after agents searched for classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.

From Salon

White castigates an array of “delusional” American diplomats who refused to throw U.S. resources into a massive airlift of friendly Vietnamese clamoring to get out.

From Washington Post

A district court judge ordered one of those presidents reinstated on Friday in a ruling that castigated the trustees for “steering N.I.C. toward an iceberg.”

From New York Times

Obi's Labour Party castigated the electoral body for the failure, in many places, to immediately upload results directly from each polling unit to its website, as it had promised to do to guarantee transparency.

From Reuters

At the outset, there was a strong assumption that Russia would not only be castigated for its aggression but also turned into a pariah.

From Seattle Times