chasten

With the board that tried to chasten him swapped out, Altman has a lot of leeway to make occasional principled stands while making zillions of dollars, or not.

From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2023

But his assault seemed to chasten Israel’s media and chattering classes.

From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

People are reminded during a crisis like this that a local newspaper is a central thread that stitches neighbors together with birthday photos that make grandma happy and crime reports that chasten the scofflaw.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2020

Image: ABC There are moments in season 2 where Cooper bounces back into form, but they’re outnumbered by events that exhaust and chasten him, visibly transforming him into a more solemn, internal man.

From The Verge ● May 31, 2017

In school Kantorek used to chasten Mittelstaedt with exactly the same expression—“Inadequate, Mittelstaedt, quite inadequate.”

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Her humility, even in recollection, chastens him with “the true absurdity of almost all the ambitions which coursed through my younger self when I wanted to be a famous writer.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2022

Eventually, however, Lear’s tragic ordeal chastens him and leads him to self-awareness and repentance.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 14, 2022

As the climate crisis chastens and public awareness grows, environmental concerns have finally made their way to the video game industry.

From The Verge ● Dec. 5, 2019

A tender 1960s portrait of the aged social activist Dorothy Day chastens and deepens the smirky irreverence of the Chicago Seven’s yippie posturing.

From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2012

We adore the hand which chastens, as that which has so often blessed us.

From Maria Antoinette Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

The men barrel out of the forest chastened but revivified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Every time he felt he had made progress, Antonelli's apparently effortless way of extracting that little bit more from the car chastened him.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

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

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

The day of the surprise announcement, a chastened Disney said, “we respect OpenAI’s decision to exit the video generation business and to shift its priorities elsewhere.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026

But the emissary had risen to his feet and gestured at his aide, who stepped back, chastened.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

There have also been a spate of injuries to key players, but Jaissle has only lost one of his opening seven matches in all competitions, a chastening 4-1 defeat at Leeds United.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

It could have been even worse had the normally reliable Igor Thiago not struck the post with a penalty, but that was no consolation for Spurs or De Zerbi on what was a chastening day.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

The world number one has been left licking her wounds after a chastening 3-6 7-5 6-0 defeat by Russia's Diana Shnaider in the French Open quarter-finals.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

The genius needed chastening, and in “Steve Jobs in Exile” you can witness it happening, sometimes day by day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

Isaac was laughing, but Patrick raised a chastening finger and said, “Augustus, please. Let’s return to you and your struggles. You said you fear oblivion?”

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green