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

The government does seem chastened by the tarnishing of an industry that is seen in Britain as a major success.

From New York Times

Injuries, suspensions, and three chastening warm-up defeats have seen England written off before a ball is kicked - prematurely, according to a defiant Borthwick.

From BBC

He wasn’t at all chastened by the boos that erupted when he declared, “As the only person on the stage who isn’t bought and paid for ... the climate change agenda is a hoax.”

From Los Angeles Times