chastened

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In theory, a similar arrangement is possible with a decimated, chastened regime in Tehran.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

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

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

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

Somewhat chastened by that thought, one went for a walk; the nearby Mount Vernon Trail might be a good place for distraction from doomscrolling in the imagination.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 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