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

Her father coming to her, said, "Be of good comfort, my child, for the Lord will be near to thee and us: he will not forsake us, though he chastens."

From Stories of Boys and Girls Who Loved the Saviour A Token for Children by James Janeway

It was historically more conservative to begin with, but the profit warning in 2023 “really hit investor confidence and chastened Siemens Energy,” said Sean McLoughlin, equity analyst at HSBC.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 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

The ICC will vote on his removal this month, after two years of delay, but don’t think the court is chastened.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

Inwardly Badenhorst must have been fuming, but outwardly he seemed chastened.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

What next for Australia after chastening defeat by South Africa?

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

The scrutiny on Carrick has only intensified after the chastening 4-1 defeat by Como at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Chelsea's chastening 8-2 Champions League defeat by Paris St-Germain last season was a turning point.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Two-time defending champion Sabalenka returns to New York with a 17-7 win-loss record since the Miami triumph, including a chastening French Open quarter-final exit and a disheartening defeat in the Wimbledon fourth round.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 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