chastened

Example Sentences

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There is also a point to prove for Rohl and his chastened squad.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

And we pundits, chastened by having been burned, are reluctant to get too far out over our skis.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

For David McWilliams, an Irish economist, podcaster and chastened former central banker, monetary economics is a branch of humane letters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

His players should be equally chastened after this lacklustre surrender.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

Some of the teachers who had left in protest or by being required to take leave had come back, sullen or chastened; others had vanished and been replaced.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman