How to Use chastise in a Sentence

chastise

verb

• The coach is always chastising the players for minor mistakes.
• The waiter was chastised for forgetting the customer's order.
• Even so, a recurring and more chastising theme centered on the importance of — and the crisis in — shelter.
  — Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 1 Aug. 2024
• Harris chastised Trump for falsely claiming that there are states that allow a woman to kill a child that has already been born.
  — Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024
• Even relatives who’d known us since birth struggled to distinguish who was whom and chastised us both when one of us cut her hair and ruined their shorthand for telling us apart.
  — Anya Groner, Longreads, 9 June 2017
• Instead, the president chastised European allies for failing to pay their fair share to the alliance.
  — Erin Kelly, USA TODAY, 26 May 2017
• Colbert chastised the crowd for having initially cheered for the news, which Stewart compared to people who first learn how to surf and catch a wave, only to fall in a heap.
  — Patrick Shanley, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2017
• At the panel on Capitol Hill, the mayors in attendance chastised federal lawmakers for forcing them to take this on themselves.
  — Colby Itkowitz, Washington Post, 4 May 2017
• Whether at a panel, a luncheon, or in the writer’s room, how often have white women spoken over and/or chastised women of color for bringing up intersectionality?
  — Kellee Terrell, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 June 2017
• Durant isn't the first to chastise the Pacers for the move.
  — Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 27 Aug. 2017
• Her mom chastised her, in a text, telling her to call now.
  — Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 9 Sep. 2019
• Harris, too, has chastised Biden’s role in the 1994 bill.
  — Thomas Beaumont, chicagotribune.com, 23 July 2019
• Kidd has chastised James for his 3.9 turnovers per game.
  — Mark Medina, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2020
• The coach gave the player a bit more leeway, not chastising his every move on the court.
  — Jabari Young, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Apr. 2018
• When the twins were in kindergarten, their teacher had chastised Min.
  — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018
• His mother came by to chastise him, and the police arrived to shut it all down.
  — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2020
• Yet many critics as the time chastised the film for that very reason.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Oct. 2023
• The lone woman chastised the seven men, casting herself as the adult in the room.
  — Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• That being said, you would not be chastised by a Finn for not knowing this.
  — Miika Mäkitalo, Fortune Europe, 19 Mar. 2024
• Ruehlman chastised the group, but didn't go beyond that.
  — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 19 Dec. 2019
• These protests are so outside the bounds of common sense these people need to be chastised.
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 8 Sep. 2019
• In fact, she's been chastised in the past for letting Maxwell wear makeup and dye her hair brown years ago.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2019
• Choosing whole, healthy, and real foods is a way to honor my body, not chastise it.
  — Javacia Harris Bowser, al, 29 Aug. 2019
• At one point, arguing between the two groups grew so loud that Khan chastised the crowd and called for a recess.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
• For that you should have been applauded, not chastised.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 12 June 2023
• The city’s leader withdrew the bill at the start of this month, but many chastised the concession as coming too late.
  — Time, 20 Sep. 2019
• Those who begged for it to be sent back to the states are now chastising Trump for not supporting a federal ban.
  — For Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2024
• The public defender has done that at least four times, and Farrell chastised him for it in 2013.
  — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2018
• When the car's owner comes out to chastise the children, Moonee curses at her and claims to have done nothing wrong.
  — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 20 Oct. 2017
• TechCrunch reports that reengaged the co-founders, who took to the company Slack to chastise the leaker.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 20 July 2022

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024