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

Well, I was neither totally broke nor fully chastened and was eager to make back my losses.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

This week, a chastened Summers found himself in different circumstances: standing in the well of a Harvard lecture hall, asking his students’ forgiveness as his professional life was unraveling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

No one was there to warn or hold them; their parents, chastened and grieving, were far away.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison