chastise
Example Sentences
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Critics of gold use this fact to chastise the proponents of a return to a gold-backed dollar.
From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025
Before the denouement came one more opportunity to chastise the Australians, one more chance to be at the centre of a red-hot Ashes tussle.
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025
The strike comes as other unions have begun to publicly chastise the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025
But in their darkest hour, when the most odious contestant seems inevitable, the Cady of the conclave asserts his presence to chastise his fellow cardinals for their pettiness.
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024
And in the end the question that always came back to me was this: How could I, of all people, chastise someone for their past?
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
Vocabulary lists containing chastise
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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