chasten

Example Sentences

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While defeat shall likely not prove fatal to their hopes of reaching the knockout stages, it was a chastening 100th European match in charge of City for Guardiola.

From Barron's

Watching the Scarlets number eight trudge off to the sin-bin seemed inevitable after the amount of penalties he conceded in a chastening afternoon.

From BBC

While previous appearances on Wimbledon's Centre Court and the US Open's Louis Armstrong Stadium were chastening, Burrage settled well against the 20-year-old after another slow start.

From BBC

That came just two months after knee surgery and three weeks after a chastening loss to the Spaniard in the Wimbledon final.

From BBC

Los Angeles prosecutors dropped the case, and — two years after stepping off a train in L.A. — a chastened Darrow returned to Chicago.

From Los Angeles Times