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

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

Do constant pressures to resign, to chasten the president, to speak up in criticism constitute mental reservations?

From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2018

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

I have had sore trouble, but the Heer God who chastens can bring the healing.

From From Veldt Camp Fires by H.A. Bryden

A friend admonished him for the high-hat dismissal, and a chastened Mr. Lloyd fished out the script for a closer look.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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 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

Marx, W. David concludes with some chastened suggestions for reconstructing a culture capable of producing “artworks that expand the possibilities of human perception.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

Some of the teachers who had left in protest or by being required to take leave had come back, sullen or chastened; others had vanished and been replaced.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

They followed that up with a chastening 4-1 defeat away to world champions Spain but were still level on points with Thomas Tuchel's Three Lions before Saturday's humiliating loss in Rijeka.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

City had suffered a chastening 3-0 defeat by champions Arsenal in the Community Shield last Sunday and were heading towards back-to-back defeats to start the season.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Their return - the longest gap between games by a side in Premier League history - and first assignment was chastening and a reminder that survival will be no easy task.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Knowing a draw would almost certainly be enough to reach the last 32, Steve Clarke's side suffered a chastening 3-0 defeat by Brazil to finish third in Group C.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 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