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

Its subsequent burgeoning is redundant evidence that restraining a popular appetite with a statute is akin to lassoing a locomotive with a cobweb, which should chasten busybody governments.

From Washington Post ● May 16, 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

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

A nominee laser-focused on the general election might have been chastened, hastening to court the 47.6 percent of Democrats who’d backed his opponent.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

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

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

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

And we pundits, chastened by having been burned, are reluctant to get too far out over our skis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026

I spake to him in the strongest possible Terms of my Authority, and he seems much chastened & quieter.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

What next for Australia after chastening defeat by South Africa?

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Northampton's success came at the end of a chastening opening weekend of the top-tier tournament for Prem clubs, with Gloucester drawing against champions Bordeaux-Begles but six other sides losing.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Chelsea's chastening 8-2 Champions League defeat by Paris St-Germain last season was a turning point.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Two-time defending champion Sabalenka returns to New York with a 17-7 win-loss record since the Miami triumph, including a chastening French Open quarter-final exit and a disheartening defeat in the Wimbledon fourth round.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 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