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

In various manners we find something higher, which supports and humbles, both chastens and transports us.

From Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) by King, Henry Churchill

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

His players should be equally chastened after this lacklustre surrender.

From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 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

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

Saturday's chastening 2-1 home defeat by Bournemouth, however, has once again left the door ajar for Pep Guardiola's side.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

The opening three months have seen a familiar mix: signs of progress, chastening defeats, a coaching change and disruption caused by her health.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 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