How To Use Castigation In A Sentence
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None of the three ever went abroad without that pliant, painted, switch -- a very emblem of devilish cruelty -- in their hands; never returned home, without having used it in the castigation of some unfortunate "darkey," whose evil star had caused him to stray across their track, while riding the rounds of the plantation.
The Death Shot A Story Retold
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Strange to say, however, the trend towards nostalgia has met with castigation in the press.
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Locals took umbrage at such castigation, and echoing the responses to the Wylde affair, many sought to re-affirm the respectability of the colony in the face of accusations that could be economically and politically damaging.
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It's revelation, soul castigation, Fire will burn us away.
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I would surmise that the offending editor thought that the point of the squib was merely Churchill's strong castigation of the ‘tedious nonsense’ in ministerial minutes.
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First, if the tone of my post sounds like "castigation" let me apologize; that was not my intent.
Are You Reading?
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But the speculation has always been tempered by a basic question: how could a Republican whose main source of appeal circa 2008 was his castigation of rigid conservatism find his way to the Republican nomination?
Gibbs: Huntsman Leaving Post Soon, No Word On 2012 Run
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We hope to hear that the castigation has been ample and effectual; and we have a right to expect our relatives in New York to believe that we feel towards them in the matter as they would feel towards us if they heard that a St. Giles's mob had broken loose, had ravaged certain districts of the metropolis, and had been met by a cavalry regiment and dealt with according to desert.
London: Saturday, August 1, 1863
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How come society winked indulgently at his ‘excesses’ while reserving stern castigation for the rest?
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Hound Dog's castigation may be based on his generally poor opinion of the Lakeside population in general since he has no personal stake, as a non-member, in the Lake Chapala Society's existence or demise.
The Lake Chapala Society
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Gusty, put the names of all offenders down on a slate, and when I return 'condign' is the word; an 'see, Gusty -- mairk me well -- no bribery -- no bread nor buttons, nor any other materials of corruption from the culprits -- otherwise you shall become their substitute in the castigation, and I shall teach you to look one way and feel another, my worthy con-disciple.
The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two
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If Walter Annenberg is worthy of "castigation," then so is the conservative Pew family whose charitable foundation has supported many a left wing group, including Tides and ACORN.
Classical Values
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But given the good work Sierra CLub does, and given that as a 501(c)(3) they’re not allowed to favor one party over the other, I don’t think this endorsement warrants the kind of castigation they’re getting here.
Firedoglake » Wait — Don’t Open That Wallet!
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(The other reason indulgence and castigation often are hard to distinguish in an account of bibliomania is that those diagnosing the disorder so often detect symptoms in themselves.)
"Wedded to Books': Bibliomania and the Romantic Essayists
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This spiritual purification may be compared with the purification of natural spirits, which is effected by the chemists, and is called defecation, rectification, castigation, acution, decantation, and sublimation; and wisdom purified may be compared with alcohol, which is a highly rectified spirit.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love
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Completing this hermeneutic circle, these articles, having taken their conception of the Irish American immigrant from dialect columns and books, contribute to a further castigation of the Irish American as stereotype.
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Some people believe that work is a better means of order and discipline than chain and castigation.
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During these three years in Cambridge he refers occasionally to the 'collation' and 'castigation' of the New
The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London
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From the small arsenal of instruments of punishment and torture on display, visitors will gain a graphic idea of crime and castigation.
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He follows up this general castigation of the owners of the above properties with the infliction of a special cowhiding upon the
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada
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You wouldn't believe the castigation I received, especially from members of the board, for even entertaining such an idea.
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If Walter Annenberg is worthy of "castigation," then so is the conservative Pew family whose including Tides and ACORN.
Classical Values
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One begins to distrust Barash's castigation of Gould's over-rich vocabulary when we find that Barash seems to think that Gould invented the term ‘symposiast.’
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Should we therefore really allow the castigation and alienation of people publicly expressing such views?
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But it seemeth to be very true, that there is some kind of castigation which Law permits a Husband to vse; for if a woman be threatned by her husband to bee beaten, mischieued, or slaine, Fitzherbert sets donne a
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859
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Such malicious castigation, which is internalized by the abused person as true, crushes the spirit of the recipient, and they retreat from the life they were living to follow the script of their destruction -- becoming a self-imposed prophecy.
Jack Watts: Recovering From Religious Abuse
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The civil law gave the husband the same, or a larger authority over his wife, allowing him, for some misdemeanors, _flagellis et Fustibus acriter verberare uxorem_ (to beat his wife severely with whips and cudgels); for others only _modicam castigationem adhibere_ (to administer moderate chastisement).
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I
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Some people believe that work is a better means of order and discipline than chain and castigation.