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Example sentences for: castigated

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George Wallace is castigated for both his racism and his superficial renunciation of it.
Well, my wife nearly fainted to see me castigated in public, no less on the Internet!
Last Thursday, a Bauer press release castigated other candidates for refusing to litmus-test judicial nominees on "the pro-life issue."
John McCain, conceded defeat in a heartfelt speech on the Senate floor in which he castigated his own party, he received a standing ovation from Democrats in attendance and seated silence from members of his own party.
He gently castigated Shaw for indulging in one of the modish foibles of the day by calling himself G. Bernard Shaw rather than use, in the good old Irish manner, George B. Shaw .