chasten

Example Sentences

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While defeat shall likely not prove fatal to their hopes of reaching the knockout stages, it was a chastening 100th European match in charge of City for Guardiola.

From Barron's

Watching the Scarlets number eight trudge off to the sin-bin seemed inevitable after the amount of penalties he conceded in a chastening afternoon.

From BBC

England's day in the Dharamsala dirt was as hard as anything they have endured on this tour of India and will almost certainly lead to a final chastening defeat.

From BBC

Last week's defeat in Rajkot was chastening - a real thumping that I analysed at the time - but overall this series has not been a thrashing like the two that preceded it.

From BBC

I’m betting that the usually stout unit will be chastened enough to have a monster Super Bowl.

From Los Angeles Times