castigate

Example Sentences

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“I want to make a difference … They have to castigate, they have to impugn my motives. Because, if I’m right, what does that say about them?”

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2025

"You will be the same person that will castigate us if we acquiesce to accepting Venezuelan prisoners into Nigeria," he added.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

“I think the U.S. has realized that it would be sacrificing the geopolitical utility of the Indo-U.S. relationship if it decides to castigate India.”

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2023

“There is a desire everywhere to castigate those who are in power,” said Alberto Vergara, a political scientist at the University of the Pacific in Peru.

From Washington Post • May 29, 2022

Then what ideas did Mencken hold that made a newspaper like the Commercial Appeal castigate him publicly?

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright