chastise

How To Use chastise In A Sentence

• Previously they could use 'reasonable chastisement', with a judge making a final ruling. Times, Sunday Times
• Chastised, Elder Brother held his tongue, turning to look at Jinju as if to seek her support.
• Both the Indian and Pakistani press chastised Mr. Pillai's ill-timed public divulgence, though it doesn't diminish the veracity of his statement in any way. Michael Hughes: India Too Complacent About Pakistan Complicity in Mumbai Attacks
• As we crossed the Baltic in a shared ship's cabin, my mother watched to make sure I brushed my hair and teeth morning and night and chastised me for wearing clothes that were too creased or skirts that were too short.
• Charity organizations have chastised the Government for not doing enough to prevent the latest famine in Africa.
• chastised with the sober eye of dull Octavia," nor shown "to the shouting varletry of censuring Rome. The Man Shakespeare
• Vince Cable, the Lib Dem Treasury spokesman, asked if the government had been embarrassed at being "chastised" by the EU and pointed out that ministers have not said where the cuts would fall. Epolitix News
• For, as he [a husband] is to answer for her [his wife's] misbehavior, the law thought it reasonable to intrust him with this power of restraining her, by domestic chastisement, in the same moderation that a man is allowed to correct his apprentices or children; for whom the master or parent is also liable in some cases to answer. 7 'Trivial Complaints:' The Role of Privacy in Domestic Violence Law and Activism in the U.S.
• Help those in her presence to keep a civil tongue and a calm demeanor as they take on the burden of chastisement and admonishment, which is never easy work, Lord. Poor, Afflicted Nail Filing Sister
• They openly berated and chastised any hint of cowardice in their sons.