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.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Smith was 9 at the time and would long chastise himself for not defending his mother.
  — Aaron Morrison, ajc, 2 Apr. 2022
• The Democrats made a huge mistake by chastising the Trump supporters, and that was disgusting to me.
  — Melissa Locker, Time, 27 Feb. 2018
• Nevertheless, she was still chastised for taking a man’s spot in the class.
  — Minho Kim, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• The judge did, however, chastise the defense lawyers on a number of issues.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 6 May 2017
• In fact, Gattis’s own editor chastised him in a column that ran on the front page of the newspaper.
  — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 12 July 2018
• Manchin in his statement chastised Biden for last meeting with McCarthy on the matter 78 days ago.
  — Laura Litvan, Bloomberg.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• Of course, Whitfield decided to defend her beau for not paying for the meal and chastised her friends, in the process, for not giving her a gift.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 21 Aug. 2023
• Sometimes the Wordle Bot will chastise me for making a stupid mistake.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• The sole recent exception came in the VRA case, where Thomas appeared to chastise his colleague for trying to have it both ways.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 14 July 2023
• Alexis had never been chastised for her weight so the criticism shook her.
  — Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 25 May 2017

Last Updated: 9 May 2024