chastened
Example Sentences
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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
There is also a point to prove for Rohl and his chastened squad.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
In theory, a similar arrangement is possible with a decimated, chastened regime in Tehran.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
Well, I was neither totally broke nor fully chastened and was eager to make back my losses.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 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
