How To Use Chasten In A Sentence

With the loss of so many illusions at once I cannot remember when I have felt so vulnerable or chastened, but neither can I remember when I have felt so alive.
Her chasteness was somehow the outward proof, the external manifestation, of a potential for sexual abandon all the more alluring for being hidden, invisible.
No doubt the school will feel suitably chastened by her absence.
Forced to witness the collapse of everything they had once dreamed of and worked to achieve, they have emerged unchastened and unchanged in their destructive illusions.
The Bangladeshi left-handers, who had posted their country's previous best opening stand against England in the first innings, quickly demonstrated that was merely a 'sighter' as the tourists raced to 189 for two in only 43 overs off a chastened home attack. IcCheshireOnline

Matthew and I never talked about our desires, or even our chasteness, for that matter. Promise Me
Although he is now housed in an open prison, and he maintains a certain hearty cheerfulness, few doubt that Archer has been chastened by his prison experience.
Bergson is a kind of chastened and spiritualized Herbert Spencer. In the Noon of Science
The word used for discipline in the Bible refers to the chastening, training, or instructing of our children. The Power of A Positive Mom
Michael Stuhlbarg is a suitably chastened Xerxes, and Len Cariou is properly ghostly as Darius's minatory ghost.
Rudeness is defined as: lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse; of untaught manners; uncivil; ignorant; lacking chasteness or elegance. Ed and Deb Shapiro: How Does A Waitress Deal With Rude People?
After the blackout of August 14, 2003, all of us in Ontario seemed suitably chastened in our attitudes towards electricity usage.
The passage has an almost classical chasteness.
Having inflicted a 15th place Kentucky Derby finisher on Out of Left Field readers, this chastened tout will perform the public service of not tipping any horse in the Preakness.
Little Malcolm won the Silver Bear at Berlin in 1974 Cooper's next movie, the sombre and chastening Overlord, won another Silver Bear in 1975, and the post-ceremonial bacchanals were memorable indeed. Eunarchy in the UK: George Harrison's first movie
I hope and pray that the chastenings of our blessed Lord, in depriving us of our worldly possessions, may be sanctified to us, and lead us, more earnestly and undoubtingly, to seek for possessions in that Kingdom where all is joy, and peace, and love. A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren
The chastened man set off into York, where his tanner bought him cow's liver, half a pound of onions, two penny ‘ducks’ and a packet of Woodbines, providing enough food for two days' dinner.
Ruti Nkuna and her irresistible clan of children and adult kin guided, taught, buoyed, rescued, relaxed, chastened, and reassured me every step of the way in Magude. Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique
But he'll probably be well chastened, I suppose.
Age has chastened his violent temper.
This was a most chastening time for him, as he began to think about his future and what he was hoping to do with his life. A Channel of Peace
Their rule of chastening is what may seem fit to their own often erring judgment, temper, or caprice. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
WORD CORRECT PRONUNCIATION alma mater _alma mater_ apparatus _apparatus_ apricot _apricot_ attaché _attasha'_ audacious _audashus_ ballet _bal'la_ blasé _blaza'_ blatant _blatant_ chasten _chasen_ Practical Grammar and Composition
But by "pureness" here, he means either chasteness again, or general purity, or incorruptness, or even his preaching the Gospel freely. NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians
But for the senior Saints these are chastening times. Times, Sunday Times
But after three chastening years, the city is rediscovering its old swagger. Times, Sunday Times
Last season, it was an MTV adaptation of a British show, the racy, teen sex-laden "Skins," that drew the ire of protestors, though "The Playboy Club," with its public airwave chasteness and age of consent actors, shares little in common with that show. 'The Playboy Club' Anti-Porn Groups Boycott: Pink Cross, Morality In Media Protest NBC Show
A number of times in Scripture when addressing the Jews, God chastened them for not obeying His Word.
The President now seems a more chastened and less confident politician than when he set out a week ago.
Pakistan suffered a chastening time. Times, Sunday Times
Misfortunes are, in morals, what bitters are in medicine: each is at first disagreeable; but as the bitters act as corroborants to the stomach, so adversity chastens and ameliorates the disposition.
Or dost thou, the habitant of some bright star, where frailty such as ours is yet unknown, lend to lovers a rapture unalloyed by passion's grosser sense; as, symphonious with the tremulous zephyr, chastened vows of constancy are there exchanged? A Love Story
The objection that chastening is grievous is here anticipated and answered. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
In the shadow of the Great Depression and chastened by the horror of war, Western societies sought to redefine social provision and the notion of public good.
Germans are not the rod predestined for the chastening of these degeneracies, who knows whether we may not again, like our fathers in dim antiquity, have to gird on our swords and go forth to seek dwelling-places for our increase? Gems (?) of German Thought
The most chastening passage in the book concerns a woman called Lisl Auman.
Is he in any way chastened by this experience do you think?
Howsoever the best way is to contemn it, which [6214] Henry II. king of France advised a courtier of his, jealous of his wife, and complaining of her unchasteness, to reject it, and comfort himself; for he that suspects his wife's incontinency, and fears the Pope's curse, shall never live a merry hour, or sleep a quiet night: no remedy but patience. Anatomy of Melancholy
And so we entered the thrilling, horrifying, chastening period of the past two weeks. Times, Sunday Times
Ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto sons, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him; for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and _scourgeth every son_ whom he receiveth. God's Plan with Men
First, I'm constantly impressed by the email I receive, and I'm chastened to be reminded of the things I forget to think about.
Resolution, his acquisition vehicle, is domiciled in the island tax haven and is out of step with these more chastened times. Times, Sunday Times
A chastened Agassi flew home for a period of deep contemplation.
It was a chastening time. Times, Sunday Times
The president combatively showed himself unchastened by the Senate's embarrassing rejection of his first choice.
Raised a Jehovah's Witness, he never had a reputation for drinking or taking drugs, and his only public "romance" was with Brooke Shields, another former child star who wears her chasteness like a badge. Michael's World
Yet he appears to have been unchastened, continuing to enjoy long and lubricous lunches.
Harvard Business School Professor John Quelch has called the chastened former indiscretionary spenders "simplifiers". Peggy Drexler: The End of Normal: The New Simplicity -- Real or Reaction?
But after three chastening years, the city is rediscovering its old swagger. Times, Sunday Times
Segal is suitably chastened after last week's events.
Like Heaven's Gate, Where the Wild Things Are was a movie whose budget was totally out of whack with the financial realities of what was on-screen, and it has been widely described as a chastening flop. Mark Kermode: How to make an intelligent blockbuster and not alienate people
Perhaps chastened by the experience, and certainly restricted by a hung council, Labour have subsequently become more conciliatory.
If -- The oldest manuscripts read, "With a view to chastening (that is, since God's chastisement is with a view to your chastening, that is, disciplinary amelioration) endure patiently"; so Vulgate. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The succah expresses chastening grace. Times, Sunday Times
What more could be done that I have not done, both in mercies and chastenings Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
But to the unchastened White House, apparent opposition to contraceptives, abortion and science was the opposite of disqualifying.
Chastened, I file right behind Ed into the auditorium.
Fortune, unchastened in its shameless sucking up to CEO's, is running a puff piece about Terry Semel at Yahoo.
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He has clearly not been chastened by his thirteen days in detention.
After her sojourn at Greenham Common she had returned to London chastened, but at least still certain of that particular cause. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
I walk from the pitch as humiliated as I am chastened.
There was a streak of the carnal in her; a passion that seemed to slip from beneath the chasteness imposed by the convent.
He was chastened by the traffic accident; he had nearly died.
For the Yorkshire attack it proved to be a chastening day. Times, Sunday Times
Now that Wisconsin's governor has given the Guard its marching orders, we can discern a new pattern of global repressive solidarity emerging - from the chastened pharaoh of the Middle East to the cheese-head pharaoh of the Middle West. The Media Consortium: Showdown in Madison: A Primer for the Wisconsin Protests
Elis, unsubdued and unchastened, heaved himself free and grappled in his turn. A Caregiver's Homage To The Very Old
During the holiday, visitors were separated according to gender on Meah Shearim Street in order to maintain chasteness. 20 « October « 2008 « Niqnaq
Use the person that represent kind, high, chasteness finally, and original the meaning that it is golden hair, the aboriginal just with deep color of skin, black hair is opposite.
The President now seems a more chastened and less confident politician than when he set out a week ago.
While I think Frum is probably right that this movement, much like the Obama "movement", will eventually crest -- it's not clear that losing political battles chastens the right, at least not yet. Steve Clemons: Guns, Religion and the Glenn Beck Rally
Rebuked, the unchastened Catalyst replied, `But master, you yourself foresaw this. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
Yet these are chastened times for the oil industry. Times, Sunday Times
The French president was chastened by the recent defeat of his European constitution referendum initiative.
But there is still only one BuzzFlash: unchastened, unapologetic, and unrelenting in its pursuit of justice.
But for the senior Saints these are chastening times. Times, Sunday Times
And so we entered the thrilling, horrifying, chastening period of the past two weeks. Times, Sunday Times
This was a most chastening time for him, as he began to think about his future and what he was hoping to do with his life. A Channel of Peace
Suitably chastened, the woman returned to her seat, and all four sat down in deathly silence until the plane landed.
Or, we might more charitably dub them expressions of hope unchastened by the rod of experience.
After the deluge a chastened Packard would face fury in the morning. Whicker's War
It's an attitude that put him behind bars for a short period, not apparently an experience that chastened him.
They saw each other as two people who'd sinned together on earth might see each other in hell, unchastened even then, only blaming each other for what had happened.
But chastened Ayr came back with a flourish with a brilliant mismove try conceived on the training ground scored in front of the posts by Stephen Manning from a Lavelle pass.
But, while chastened by the experience, he also draws strength from it.
Mr. Powell insisted both were consensual but his campaign manager says that the experience "chastened" him and left him "determined to avoid poor judgment. Can Charlie Rangel Hold On?
Slightly chastened by this episode, I accepted without argument the men's judgment that even the lighter smallsword was too heavy for me to wield efficiently. Sick Cycle Carousel
It has been a chastening few days for Millwall. Times, Sunday Times
Note, The intention of afflictions is to teach us righteousness; and blessed is the man whom God chastens, and thus teaches, Ps. xciv. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
His face, bending over the tables of the Law with the earnest research of a student, with the chastened subduement of devotion, with all the calm sentiments of reverie, Jacked something of its normal aspect. The Riddle Of The Rocks 1895
A visibly chastened man, holding a chipped mug of tea, Sven duly confirmed his Englishness.
It was a chastening day for others, too. Times, Sunday Times
We all left somewhat chastened by the moving experience and the realization of how fortunate we have been.
Keeping this new frontier chastened is a daunting task but the potential benefits make the effort essential. Think Progress » ThinkFast: April 22, 2006
Yet these are chastened times for the oil industry. Times, Sunday Times
He does not seem aware that the fascinations of woman refine and chasten society; that virtuous attachment has in it an element of respect which abashes and purifies, and which shields the soul Has Christianity Benefited Woman?
The home side dare not lose a second local derby over the holiday period after their chastening defeat to Bath on Sunday. Times, Sunday Times
Suitably chastened, may I humbly entreat him to, unambiguously and without obfuscation, answer a few pertinent questions?
God Himself is said to use this method: those whom He loves, He chastens, even perhaps with the prospect of death.
And that was a chastening three weeks. Times, Sunday Times
Wesa emerged chastened from the operation, U.S. officials said. U.S. operations in Kandahar push out Taliban
She chastens her characters but doesn't judge them. 'Three Stages of Amazement': Life's lessons skillfilly shared
He was aware of her face, the expression of chasteness, but joy, too, as if she was both ashamed and glad of the moment. Alba
Pakistan suffered a chastening time. Times, Sunday Times
It has been a chastening few weeks. Times, Sunday Times
Officials, instead of being chastened, were indignant.
For the Yorkshire attack it proved to be a chastening day. Times, Sunday Times
He remembered how she had chastened him once for his unguarded assertion of female practicalism. At Swim, Two Boys
From this chastening experience he learnt some useful lessons.
He appeared unchastened last night and took no responsibility for his party's defeat.
I particularly hate it when people are allowed to resign, unchastened, with euphemisms about gardening and spending more time with their families.
Even Commissioner Shack seemed chastened by the loss.
Completely unchastened by the failure of socialism, these individuals still harbor the dream of a Union of American Socialist Republics.
The entire experience was frightening and chastening for the bourgeoisie.
The wisdom traditionally associated with age has to do with our limitations, with being chastened by experience.
For a professional explorer to stumble upon such uncharted territory can be very chastening.
The Credit system is too impaired, chastened investors and speculators too risk-averse, and the Bubble economy too maladjusted.
Many traders try to capture gains from a stock swing in either direction, and Mr. Lefkowitz said Blue Coat's early report chastens investors who might have been waiting until tomorrow to hedge today's bets. Some Blue Coat Bulls May Feel Kind of Blue
World Championships, a chastening experience that led him to add some muscle after noting that those in front of him were all around ten kilos heavier. Times, Sunday Times
Manfred was silent, suitably chastened, and by the time they reached the breakwaters at Montauk Harbor he'd been forgiven. AMAGANSETT
It was a chastening time. Times, Sunday Times
Apparently unchastened by the unhappy fate of previous attempts to legislate in this field, the Commission had once again tabled legislation seeking to liberalise the provision of services in European ports.
chasten a proud spirit.
Party workers have returned to their home towns, chastened by their overwhelming defeat.
And that was a chastening three weeks. Times, Sunday Times
Moxie had early detected Ned smuggling in a bottle of whisky, and had delivered a chastening lecture.
Gros told him that it was like Rubens, with more correctness of form -- Rubens "chastened" was the word. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896
Have the media been chastened in any way by that experience?
Still in chastened times Senior Officers have to be creative in gathering their evidence, after all large scale public disturbances don’t happen as reliably as they used to. on December 16, 2008 at 8: 40 pm | Reply Dipper Kingsnorth Police Criticised Over Cost Shock! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
I'm supposed to be chastened by this, but to be honest my first reaction is start working on that warp drive, Zephraim; we're going to need lots of class M planets.
Next morning, we woke feeling chastened and hungover, but one friend seemed to be suffering particularly badly. Times, Sunday Times
During the cold war even the most extreme hawks were chastened in their aggressive impulses by fear of escalation into a full-blown conflict with the USSR.
Husband looked at the gaurd, hung his head and dropped his shoulders in an exaggerated attitude of chastenment. Blogs Are Stupid
Now divine chastening is a sign of divine love: Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth (Heb. xii. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
A chastened Agassi flew home for a period of deep contemplation.
She gave them a chastening lecture.
Three women holding bands, entwining, have the chasteness of young girls frolicking on a beach.
And so, with a few cases of hysterics to occupy the attention of the younger women, some whimpering of frightened children and comforting or chastened nagging by mothers, some unwonted prayers muttered secretly and forgettingly, and a good deal of subdued blasphemy, Cunnamulla sank to its troubled slumbers -- some of the sleepers in the commercial and billiard-rooms and parlours at the The Rising of the Court
The smile she gave Wanda Bryk was the rueful, wan, chastened smile of someone who had just come through a crying spell.
Use the person that represent kind, high, chasteness finally, and original the meaning that it is golden hair, the aboriginal just with deep color of skin, black hair is opposite.
And without--the frontier warfare; the yearning of a boy, cast ashore upon a desert of newness and ugliness and sordidness, for all that is chastened and old, and noble with traditions.
It was a chastening day for others, too. Times, Sunday Times
Slightly chastened by the experience, Ganesh finds himself saddled with an old, sick couple looking for a hospital, who have been abandoned by fellow villagers.
Resolution, his acquisition vehicle, is domiciled in the island tax haven and is out of step with these more chastened times. Times, Sunday Times
WORD CORRECT PRONUNCIATION alma mater _alma mater_ apparatus _apparatus_ apricot _apricot_ attaché _attasha'_ audacious _audashus_ ballet _bal'la_ blasé _blaza'_ blatant _blatant_ chasten _chasen_ Practical Grammar and Composition
The final cost of the film was somewhere between $140m and $160m, figures gleefully quoted by negative reviewers who spied a massive flop ahoy and predicted chastening financial losses. Mark Kermode: How to make an intelligent blockbuster and not alienate people
After yesterday's brutal third round of the 105th US Open, it was a chastened field who scurried off for the sanctuary of the locker room, bruised and battered into submission by a brute of a course.
Her insatiable desire to be stroked, bolstered, flattered, was met by Burrell with the obsequious enthusiasm of a knight offering the chasteness of courtly love.
It has been a chastening few weeks. Times, Sunday Times
The chastened rationality that typifies postmodernism is evident as well by the "loss of the metanarrative" and the advent of "local" stories.
“He will be chastened for the maximum term allowable under law if he comes before this court again in connection with the matter in hand,” she said. The Unquiet
But after three chastening years, the city is rediscovering its old swagger. Times, Sunday Times
Loving the wife as Christ loves the church will be inclusive of 'chastening' - Domestic Discipline when necessary. Christian Domestic Discipline
I wanted to rebuke him for it, as Chade would have chastened me. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
Admit that Gandhi is a catastrophe for India; that chasteness in the choice of means leads to political impotence. Autumn
The real object of the fathers in chastening is not that they find pleasure in the children's pain. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
So often do we see Gods faithful children deprived of almost every joy and comfort, and if we did not believe the chastening was a token of love -- what a dark world this would be! Lenoir Family. Lenoir Family Papers. Personal Correspondence, 1861-1865.
There is no "obvious" nominee-in-waiting, and a juicy, public set-to between the party regulars, who are still chastened by losses in 2006 and 2008, and the insurgents, who despite being dubbed the Tea "Party" are not a unified group with a coherent platform or organizational structure. Dr. Philip Neches: Get Ready for Gridlock
Next morning, we woke feeling chastened and hungover, but one friend seemed to be suffering particularly badly. Times, Sunday Times
Thy dead, murdered corse is the watchword, and, with God's grace, the victor paean of an emancipated, chastened, glorified Republic! An Address in Commemoration of Abraham Lincoln
Another trip to the slammer has left you unchastened.
Properly chastened, he drifted to the rear of the empty classroom and watched dust motes twirl in the sunlight dappling the room.
chasten a proud spirit.
Well stated, upper left, yet isn't it sad that we have to link "chastened" with "weakened". McCain: Every "Sensible" Observer Favors Giving Escalation A Chance
For, as it was, the restraint of one instinct of his nature implied the over-indulgence of another which stood in at least as much need of chastenment. Sterne
The home side dare not lose a second local derby over the holiday period after their chastening defeat to Bath on Sunday. Times, Sunday Times
In this way the ships captain kept a tight rein on his men and when the ship set sail it was with a suitably chastened crew, or so the Captain thought.
A "chastened" Obama promised compromise, but he viewed the "shellacking" as voter impatience with process more than with policy.
Three months after triumphing in a ‘him or me’ showdown with Peter Lewis, then the Guggenheim chairman, who demanded he stay focused on New York, the unchastened Krens took off for Mexico City with a delegation of board members.
Each year Eliot's presence reasserts itself at a deeper level, to an audience that is surprised to find itself more chastened, more astonished, more humble.
Surely enough, the first thing I saw on arrival was a dank-looking man holding forth on Spiritualism, and enjoying what I should call a chastened vogue with most of the company gathered about him. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-07
But after three chastening years, the city is rediscovering its old swagger. Times, Sunday Times
It has been a chastening few days for Millwall. Times, Sunday Times

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