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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
chastise .
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Examples
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McCain chastises him for not going to Iraq since January 2006 so he says he will consider it.
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And every year, the media chastises coaches for resting players only to wonder why they didn't do it after somebody goes down with an injury.
High School Football Team Skips Game To Get Healthy For Postseason Back Porch FanHouse 2010
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When he hears about Betty firing Carla, Henry, her husband, chastises her for her insensitivity to the needs of the children, who have suffered enough loss and disruption in their lives.
Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon: Madgirl Part 4: Lost to Follow-Up? Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon 2010
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When he hears about Betty firing Carla, Henry, her husband, chastises her for her insensitivity to the needs of the children, who have suffered enough loss and disruption in their lives.
Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon: Madgirl Part 4: Lost to Follow-Up? Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon 2010
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When he hears about Betty firing Carla, Henry, her husband, chastises her for her insensitivity to the needs of the children, who have suffered enough loss and disruption in their lives.
Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon: Madgirl Part 4: Lost to Follow-Up? Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon 2010
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And every year, the media chastises coaches for resting players only to wonder why they didn't do it after somebody goes down with an injury.
High School Football Team Skips Game To Get Healthy For Postseason Back Porch FanHouse 2010
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He was last seen kneeling over Sookie's fairy guardian Claudine, whom he'd just slaughtered, sheepishly offering a "Sorry" to Sookie, as she chastises him: "You just killed my fairy godmother!"
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When he hears about Betty firing Carla, Henry, her husband, chastises her for her insensitivity to the needs of the children, who have suffered enough loss and disruption in their lives.
Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon: Madgirl Part 4: Lost to Follow-Up? Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon 2010
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My all-time favorite thing I ever heard (yes, it was said in my presence, in a client's living room) in Spanglish is this: Woman chastises her child, who is twisting the knob on the television: "Deja de monkear con la tele o te doy una buena!"
Trueque 2009
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When he hears about Betty firing Carla, Henry, her husband, chastises her for her insensitivity to the needs of the children, who have suffered enough loss and disruption in their lives.
Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon: Madgirl Part 4: Lost to Follow-Up? Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon 2010
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