chastisement

Example Sentences

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This person is asking a serious question about retiring with $100,000 in the bank, and all they’re getting is chastisement.

From MarketWatch

The ban saw the removal of reasonable chastisement as a legal defence.

From BBC

“Here, we see not a god of wrath and chastisement, but the God of mercy, who takes flesh and enters the world in weakness,’’ the pope said.

From Seattle Times

This brought an unusual chastisement from the Cochrane Library’s editor-in-chief, who stated it was “not an accurate representation of what the review found.”

From Scientific American

Euwe’s face was flushed by the chastisement and he was on the verge of tears.

From Literature