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.
  • Close stopped play, chastising her.
    — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Binoche then chastised all of us for caring about this.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
  • There was a doll to be fixed up and chastised with a hairbrush that was twice its length.
    — Anne Enright, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
  • Yet many critics as the time chastised the film for that very reason.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Do your best not to chastise them for being uninspired.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Mom walked me home chastising me about not keeping my word to be home at a certain time.
    — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
  • Some people have been praised for their use, while others have been chastised.
    — Moriah Humiston, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
  • If salespeople did not spend at least four out of eight hours each day on the phone, they were chastised.
    — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • His mother came by to chastise him, and the police arrived to shut it all down.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2020
  • That being said, you would not be chastised by a Finn for not knowing this.
    — Miika Mäkitalo, Fortune Europe, 19 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • These protests are so outside the bounds of common sense these people need to be chastised.
    — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Plus, Lucky Duck showed up to chastise the panelists — to their faces.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • She was even chastised for spending too much time focusing on firearms rather than props.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
  • When the twins were in kindergarten, their teacher had chastised Min.
    — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Choosing whole, healthy, and real foods is a way to honor my body, not chastise it.
    — Javacia Harris Bowser, al, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Duly chastised, Lee tries a less direct route.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
  • There was a time when I would have been chastised for writing this article.
    — Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2026
  • The lone woman chastised the seven men, casting herself as the adult in the room.
    — Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Trump then jumped in again to join Vance in chastising Zelenskyy.
    — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Nevertheless, she was still chastised for taking a man’s spot in the class.
    — Minho Kim, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Tense phone calls with her mother ensue where she’s chastised for not doing what she’s supposed to.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
  • In her statement, Roberts chastised all the councilors for failing to act.
    — Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 4 July 2025
  • The more Wyeth looked at the reference photo, the more the boy’s gaze chastised him.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Smith was 9 at the time and would long chastise himself for not defending his mother.
    — Aaron Morrison, ajc, 2 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • Rather than chastising him about the separate account, talk to him about planning for the future.
    — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
  • And chastised her family for not telling her earlier.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025

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