How do you use Chastened in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like admonished or rebuked, plus the exact meaning.
Chastened meaning
- Made chaste; purified; modest.
- Made moderate; restrained.
- Chastised.
Synonyms of Chastened
Using Chastened
- The main meaning on this page is: Made chaste; purified; modest. | Made moderate; restrained. | Chastised.
- Useful related words include: admonished, rebuked, reprimanded, reproved.
- In the example corpus, chastened often appears in combinations such as: chastened by, have chastened, not chastened.
Context around Chastened
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chastened
- In this selection, "chastened" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, feel, firms, particularly, woods, president and pippin stand out and add context to how "chastened" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include been particularly chastened in their and chastened woods conceded. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chastened" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chastened
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Donald Trump is not chastened. (5 words)
The experience should have chastened the club. (7 words)
These were hardly the words of a chastened President. (9 words)
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. (39 words)
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. (36 words)
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. (32 words)
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.
Common combinations with chastened
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- chastened by 5×
- have chastened 2×
- not chastened 2×