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

Videos of those horrible patients should also chasten conservatives, because they don’t come from nowhere; they aren’t made up.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2022

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

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

The master only takes trouble, and chastens and rebukes, because he thinks it is worth while, because thou art trying and learning, and art doing a little better day by day.

From St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 by Various

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

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

His players should be equally chastened after this lacklustre surrender.

From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025

This week, a chastened Summers found himself in different circumstances: standing in the well of a Harvard lecture hall, asking his students’ forgiveness as his professional life was unraveling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Somewhat chastened by that thought, one went for a walk; the nearby Mount Vernon Trail might be a good place for distraction from doomscrolling in the imagination.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2025

The experience had clearly chastened Mr Wormwood and he seemed temporarily to have lost his taste for boasting and bullying.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl

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

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

It is a chastening experience for Vitol, whose partners pride themselves on having dodged many of the pitfalls that hurt rivals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 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