- present participle of castigate.
castigating
Example Sentences
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Even when the motive isn’t noble, though, there’s no more use castigating young social media influencers in 2024 than there has been in the past century of aspiring film and TV stars.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024
"Malema gave an alternative voice, castigating the government. It's a welcome break from the usual talk."
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2023
So he decided, "out of curiosity," to look into the books they were castigating.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2023
Upping the ante, Algeria’s official news agency published a statement castigating French secret services as seeking “the definitive break with Algeria.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
Jefferson’s highly moralistic language castigating George III and the English government in the Declaration of Independence was not just propaganda, at least for Jefferson.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
