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Chastened meaning
Made chaste; purified; modest. | Made moderate; restrained. | Chastised.
Synonyms of Chastened
Example sentences (15)
The experience should have chastened the club.
The tableau that emerges from the troubles of Trump and McCarthy is one in which the G.O.P.’s leaders are chastened and cowed, one in which their power is stripped and their efforts rebuked.
Donald Trump is not chastened.
No, the man will be emboldened by this — not chastened.
Photo: ReutersFrench president Emmanuel Macron has been chastened by strikes and protests but there is all to play for in 2020, writes John Lichfield.
As he says of last week’s report: “I don’t feel chastened by it.
Chastened, Woods conceded he might never win another golf tournament.
Created in the midst of the civil war that spawned the Soviet Union, the GRU was chastened by Stalin in the 1930s when it grew too brazen abroad, according to military historians.
Plus, it was assumed that his firing may have chastened him a tad, forced him to reconsider some of his more unwise decisions and his authoritarian manner.
The company is among a group of large Chinese firms chastened by the government for making splashy overseas purchases of hotels, movie theaters and film production companies.
These were hardly the words of a chastened President.
Warner said that despite “consent” agreements with the US Federal Trade Commission “neither company appears to have been particularly chastened in their privacy practices” and added that “it’s clear that Congress needs to step in” for privacy protections.
Gandalf then took the chastened Pippin with him to Minas Tirith to keep the young hobbit out of further trouble.
Jim, chastened, asks only for a glass of water, but is refused even this as Moses gives the signal for the trap to be sprung.
Suetonius considered giving battle there, but considering his lack of numbers and chastened by Petillius's defeat, decided to sacrifice the city to save the province.